A 1961 battle in this country's city of Bizerte was a rout for paratroopers sent to maintain control over a naval base, while in 1985 this country's capital was bombed by the IDF after the PLO set up a headquarters there.
In the 1600s, two hundred thousand Muslim emigrants settled in this country's Majardah Valley and Sharik Peninsula, and its town of Monastir was the birthplace of nationalist leader Habib Bourguiba. A 1961 battle in this country's city of Bizerte was a rout for paratroopers sent to maintain control over a naval base, while in 1985 this country's capital was bombed by the IDF after the PLO set up a headquarters there. Indented by the Gulf of (*) Gabes, this country is led by perpetual Democracy Index bottom-dweller Zine Ben Ali and contains the easternmost peaks of the Aures range; it is thus the eastern terminus of the Atlas Mountains. Home to historical locales like Kasserine, Zama, and Carthage, for 10 points, name this former French colony in North Africa between Libya and Algeria.
In the 1600s, two hundred thousand Muslim emigrants settled in this country's Majardah Valley and Sharik Peninsula, and its town of Monastir was the birthplace of nationalist leader Habib Bourguiba.
{Tunisia} [or {Tunisian} Republic; or {al}-{Jumhuriyya al}-{Tunisiyya}]