IS Defeat in Sirte Leaves Tunisia Vulnerable

IS Defeat in Sirte Leaves Tunisia Vulnerable

Author(s): Lisa Watanabe
Editor(s): Martin Zapfe, Prem Mahadevan
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Volume: 4
Issue: 9
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2016

Following Islamic State’s defeat in Sirte, the group’s militants will likely scatter within Libya, as well as to neighboring countries. Tunisia will be especially at risk.