Tunisia Foils Terror Attack after Discovering ISIS Cell

Tunisian intelligence has dismantled an ISIL cell, avoiding a major terror attack planned on hotels and against security forces.

Seventeen ISIL terrorists were arrested, many of whom were trained in Syria and Libya.

“We have foiled a major attack this month that the terrorist cell was preparing against vital installations, hotels, security centers and against politicians to bring chaos to the country,” Interior Ministry Security Chief Rafik Chelli said.

Tunisia suffered two major terror attacks this year, both of which were claimed by ISIL. Gunmen killed 21 tourists in an attack at the Bardo Museum in Tunis in March. Later in June, a gunman shot and killed 38 foreigners at a beach hotel in Sousse.

The ISIL Takfiri terrorists currently control shrinking swathes of Syria and Iraq. They have threatened all communities, including Shiites, Sunnis, Kurds, Christians, Ezadi Kurds and others, as they continue their atrocities in Iraq.

Senior Iraqi officials have blamed Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and some Persian Gulf Arab states for the growing terrorism in their country.

The ISIL has links with Saudi intelligence and is believed to be indirectly supported by the Israeli regime.

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