Soonar 
On December 25, Tunisian authorities announced exceptional security measures during the New Year holiday, which also coincides with school and university winter break.
Interior Minister Kamal Feki and his cadre secured the upcoming New Year’s celebrations, with inspection visits to major tourist areas in the country’s coastal regions in the north and south. The Ministries of Interior, Transport, Trade, and Municipal Police Services announced a large number of exceptional preventive, security, and economic measures.
During the end of the year, Tunisia attracts a large number of hundreds of thousands of tourists from Europe and neighboring countries.
Tunisian authorities are keen on facilitating New Year’s celebrations in light of the state of emergency imposed in the country, which prevents large gatherings.
It is worth noting that Tunisia has been under a state of emergency since 2015 following a suicide attack in November of the same year, and was claimed by ISIS. The attack resulted in the killing of 12 members of the presidential guard and the injury of 20 others.
In February 2023, Tunisian President Kais Saied decided to extend the state of emergency in the country until the end of the current year 2023, and called on the National Guard to confront those he described as enemies of the nation, at a time when the National Salvation Front warned against the president using military justice against his opponents.
The state of emergency grants the Tunisian Ministry of the Interior exceptional powers, including preventing meetings, curfews and labor strikes, inspecting stores, and monitoring the press, publications, radio broadcasts, and cinematic and theatrical performances.
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