Middle East Week

Daveed Gartenstein-Ross joins me to discuss Ansar al-Sharia in Tunisia (AST). We talk about AST's background, operations, and the recent events surrounding the government crackdown on their Kairouan Conference. Daveed is a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and has recently finished a research fellowship at the International Center for Counter-Terorism at The Hague where he focused on AST. Articles relevant to our discussion: Meeting Tunisia's Ansar al-Sharia by Aaron Zelin Did Tunisia's Salafi Jihadists Just Announce Their Allegiance to al-Qaeda? by Daveed Gartenstein-Ross & Aaron Zelin Why is Ansar al-Sharia Tunisia's Leader Threatening the Government by Daveed Gartenstein-Ross Confronting Tunisia's jihadists by Andrew Lebovich Relevant Twitter usernames: Daveed Gartenstein-Ross @DaveedGR Karl Morand @KarlMorand Andrew Lebovich @tweetsintheME Aaron Zelin @azelin Please rate the show in iTunes