Former Tunisian PM Larayedh jailed for 24 years in Syria jihadist case


FILE PHOTO: Ali Larayedh, senior official of Tunisia's Islamist opposition party Ennahda and former prime minister, gestures while surrounded by his supporters, upon his arrival for questioning by anti-terrorism police, in Tunis,Tunisia September 19, 2022. REUTERS/Jihed Abidellaoui/File Photo

TUNIS, Feb 27 (Reuters) - ⁠Former Tunisian prime minister Ali Larayedh was sentenced ⁠on Friday to 24 years in prison on ‌charges of facilitating Tunisian jihadists’ travel to Syria over the past decade, state media said.

His party, the Islamist opposition Ennahda, says ​the case is politically motivated and ⁠part of a crackdown ⁠on dissent following President Kais Saied's seizure of broad ⁠powers in ‌2021, when he dissolved parliament and began ruling by decree.

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