Foreign Minister Jarandi said about 800 Tunisians are currently fighting with Islamist rebels in Syria; 132 Tunisians are said to have been killed in Aleppo in February alone. The Interior Ministry claims that border controls have kept some 1,000 Tunisians from traveling to Syria to fight. Police clashed with about 1,000 Salafists in Tunis who had without authorization set up tents to preach outside a mosque. The Salafists wielded knives and threw rocks and petrol bombs at the police, who attempted to disperse them with tear gas.
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