2006–2007 Tunisia clashes

2006–2007 Tunisia clashes
Part of Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)
Date23 December 2006 – 3 January 2007
Location
Soliman and Hammam-Lif, Tunisia
Result Tunisian government victory
Belligerents
 Tunisia GSPC
Commanders and leaders
Lassaad Sassi
Casualties and losses
2 dead 14 dead, 17 arrested
60 dead

On 23 December 2006 and 3 January 2007, Tunisian security forces engaged in clashes with members of a group with connections to the Islamist terror group Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC) in the towns of Soliman and Hammam-Lif south of the capital Tunis, killing more than a dozen people.

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