| 2006–2007 Tunisia clashes |
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| Part of Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present) |
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| Date | 23 December 2006 – 3 January 2007 |
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| Location | |
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| Result |
Tunisian government victory |
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| Belligerents |
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Tunisia |
GSPC |
| Commanders and leaders |
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Lassaad Sassi |
| Casualties and losses |
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2 dead |
14 dead, 17 arrested |
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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.