Trial Reopens in Tunisia Beach Resort Terror Attack

The trial of suspects connected to the 2015 terrorist attack on Tunisia’s Sousse beach resort reopened on Tuesday. (Reuters)
The trial of suspects connected to the 2015 terrorist attack on Tunisia’s Sousse beach resort reopened on Tuesday. (Reuters)
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Trial Reopens in Tunisia Beach Resort Terror Attack

The trial of suspects connected to the 2015 terrorist attack on Tunisia’s Sousse beach resort reopened on Tuesday. (Reuters)
The trial of suspects connected to the 2015 terrorist attack on Tunisia’s Sousse beach resort reopened on Tuesday. (Reuters)

The trial of suspects linked to the 2015 terrorist attack on a Tunisian beach resort reopened on Tuesday.

The ISIS attack on the Imperial Hotel in the beach resort of Sousse left 38 people dead, mostly British tourists.

More than 40 people have been summoned to stand trial.

The attacker, a Tunisian student, was killed by police.

Among the accused, 14 have been summoned even though they are not currently being held in custody and it is unclear whether they will turn up for the trial. Six others are security agents accused of failing to prevent or stop the attack.

The trial has been postponed several times at the lawyers' request.

In addition to the massacre at the beach resort, Tunisia suffered two other major attacks in 2015. At the famed Bardo Museum, 22 people died while 12 perished in the center of Tunis on a bus carrying presidential guards.

The attacks devastated the country's tourism sector as travel agencies pulled out and governments issued travel warnings.

Tourism has since bounced back after Tunisia's government implemented a series of measures aimed at securing popular destinations in the country.



Nasrallah’s Bodyguard Killed in Israeli Airstrike on Iran, Hezbollah Says

A supporter of Hezbollah carries a picture of Hezbollah's late leader Hassan Nasrallah during a protest against the Israeli attack on Iran, organized by Hezbollah following Friday prayer in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, 20 June 2025. (EPA)
A supporter of Hezbollah carries a picture of Hezbollah's late leader Hassan Nasrallah during a protest against the Israeli attack on Iran, organized by Hezbollah following Friday prayer in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, 20 June 2025. (EPA)
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Nasrallah’s Bodyguard Killed in Israeli Airstrike on Iran, Hezbollah Says

A supporter of Hezbollah carries a picture of Hezbollah's late leader Hassan Nasrallah during a protest against the Israeli attack on Iran, organized by Hezbollah following Friday prayer in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, 20 June 2025. (EPA)
A supporter of Hezbollah carries a picture of Hezbollah's late leader Hassan Nasrallah during a protest against the Israeli attack on Iran, organized by Hezbollah following Friday prayer in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, 20 June 2025. (EPA)

The head of security to slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike while in Iran, a Hezbollah official said Saturday.

Abu Ali Khalil, better known as Abu Ali Jawad, was killed after he went to Iran from neighboring Iraq, the official said.

For many years, Abu Ali was seen behind Nasrallah during most of his public appearances.

After Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike in a Beirut suburb in September, his bodyguard was put in charge of his tomb in Beirut.

The Hezbollah official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media, said the airstrike that killed Abu Ali occurred earlier Saturday.