Editing Tunisian Armed Forces

{{Short description|Combined military forces of Tunisia}}
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| name = Tunisian Armed Forces
| native_name = {{noitalic|{{Script|Arab|القوات المسلحة  التونسية}}}}
| image = شعار القوات المسلحة التونسية.png
| founded = 30 June 1956
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| headquarters = [[Tunis]]
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| minister = [[Imed Memmich]]
| minister_title = [[Ministry of Defence (Tunisia)|Minister of National Defense]]
| commander = General [[Abdel Moneim Belati]]
| commander_title = [[Inspector General of the Armed Forces (Tunisia)|Inspector General of the Armed Forces]]
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| history = [[Bizerte crisis|Bizerte Crisis]]<br>[[Yom Kippur War]]<br>[[1980 Gafsa Uprising]]<br>[[United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda|UNAMIR]]<br>[[Battle of Wazzin]]<br>[[ISIL insurgency in Tunisia]]
*[[Battle of Ben Guerdane]]
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The '''Tunisian Armed Forces''' ({{langx|ar|القوات المسلحة التونسية}}) consist of the [[Tunisian Army]], [[Tunisian Air Force|Air Force]] and Navy.

As of 2019, [[Tunisia]] had armed forces with more than 150,000 active-duty personnel, of which 80,000 were conscripts.{{sfn|IISS|2020|p=379}} Paramilitary forces consisted of a 12,000-member national guard.{{sfn|IISS|2020|p=379}} Tunisia participates in [[United Nations]] peacekeeping efforts in the DROC ([[MONUSCO]]) and Côte d'Ivoire.<ref name=MB13T>Military Balance 2013, p.406</ref> Previous [[United Nations]] peacekeeping deployments for the Tunisian armed forces have included Cambodia ([[UNTAC]]), Namibia ([[UNTAG]]), Somalia, Rwanda, Burundi, Ethiopia/Eritrea ([[UNMEE]]), and the 1960s mission in the Congo, [[ONUC]].

==History==
[[File:Artillerie beylicale.jpg|thumb|Tunisian artillery and gunners, circa 1900]]

The modern Tunisian army was formed in 1831 by [[Al-Husayn II ibn Mahmud]]. During the period of the [[French Protectorate of Tunisia|French Protectorate]] (1881–1956) Tunisians were recruited in significant numbers into the [[French Army]], serving as [[tirailleurs]] (infantry) and [[spahis]] (cavalry). These units saw active service in Europe during both World Wars, as well as in [[Indo-China]] prior to 1954. The only exclusively Tunisian military force permitted under French rule was the [[Beylical Guard]].<ref name=KeeganT>page 710 "World Armies", John Keegan, {{ISBN|0-333-17236-1}}</ref>

=== Following independence ===
On June 30, 1956, the Tunisian army was officially founded by decree,<ref name="decret56">{{cite journal|url=http://www.cnudst.rnrt.tn/jortsrc/1956/1956f/jo05256.pdf|language=fr|title=Décret du 30 join 1956 instituant l'armée tunisienne|journal=Journal Official Tunisien|date=29–30 June 1956|page=884|issue=52|access-date=26 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227155443/http://www.cnudst.rnrt.tn/jortsrc/1956/1956f/jo05256.pdf|archive-date=27 December 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> in the form of a combined-arms regiment. The necessary equipment was made available to the young state from French stocks.<ref name="Kefi">{{in lang|fr}} [Ridha Kefi http://www.jeuneafrique.com/jeune_afrique/article_jeune_afrique.asp?art_cle=LIN13076leshaemrale0 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090130105115/http://www.jeuneafrique.com/jeune_afrique/article_jeune_afrique.asp?art_cle=LIN13076leshaemrale0 |date=30 January 2009 }} , "The army 's new clothes ", [[Jeune Afrique]], July 13, 1999]</ref> The new army initially comprised 25 Tunisian officers, 250 NCOs and 1,250 men transferred from French Army service, plus 850 former members of the Beylical Guard.<ref name=KeeganT /> Approximately 4,000 Tunisian soldiers continued in French Army service until 1958, when the majority transferred to the Tunisian Army, which reached a strength of over 6,000 that year.

Intakes of conscripts for military service, made mandatory in January 1957, plus the recall of reservists allowed the army to grow to twelve battalions numbering 20,000 men by 1961.<ref name="Kefi"/> Sixty per cent of those troops were deployed for border monitoring and defense duties.

Tunisian units first saw action in 1958 after French intrusions into the south in pursuit of [[National Liberation Army (Algeria)]] fighters. In 1960 Tunisian troops served with the United National Peacekeeping Force in the Congo. 1,020 troops from the Tunisian Armed Forces were amongst the first UN troops to arrive in the Congo, by 20 July 1960.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N60/171/85/PDF/N6017185.pdf?OpenElement|title=FIRST REPORT BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION S/4387 CF 14 JULY 1960 (S/4389)|last=United Nations (Official Documents System)|website=documents-dds-ny.un.org|date=18 July 1960|access-date=2016-12-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230155833/https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N60/171/85/PDF/N6017185.pdf?OpenElement|archive-date=30 December 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> In 1961 [[Bizerte crisis|clashes]] occurred with French forces based at [[Bizerte]]. More than 600 men fell in battle against the French forces. The French evacuated the base after subsequent negotiations with the Tunisian Government.

The Tunisian Navy, founded in 1958, received its first ship in the fall of 1959.  The [[Tunisian Air Force|Air Force]] acquired its first combat aircraft in 1960 . While the Tunisian armed forces obtain equipment from several sources, the [[United States]] remains the largest single supplier.<ref name="Kefi"/> Officer and specialist training for Tunisian personnel was formerly undertaken in French and American military academies. Tunisian trainees are now gradually being assigned to newly established military schools within the country.
 
The January 10, 1957, a law prohibits any military officer to be a member of a group or a [[political party]].<ref name="Kefi"/> However, after 7 November 1987 when the former [[Prime Minister of Tunisia|Prime Minister]], General [[Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali]] took power senior officers such as [[Abdelhamid Escheikh]] and [[Mustapha Bouaziz]] took up ministerial appointments.

On 30 April 2002, at around 18.15, the direction of the Army - Brigadier General Abdelaziz Skik who led the Tunisian contingent to [[Cambodia]], two colonels - majors, three colonels, four majors, two lieutenants and a sergeant-major - disappeared in a helicopter crash near the town of [[Medjez el-Bab]].<ref>{{in lang|fr}}[http://www.jeuneafrique.com/jeune_afrique/article_jeune_afrique.asp?art_cle=LIN13053larmeliuedn0 Abdelaziz Barrouhi, "The army in mourning"], "[[Jeune Afrique]]", May 13, 2002  {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090130045500/http://www.jeuneafrique.com/jeune_afrique/article_jeune_afrique.asp?art_cle=LIN13053larmeliuedn0 |date=30 January 2009 }}</ref>

Tunisia has contributed military forces to [[United Nations]] peacekeeping missions, including an army company to the [[United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda]] (UNAMIR) during the [[Rwandan genocide]]. In his book ''Shake Hands with the Devil'', Canadian force commander [[Roméo Dallaire]] gave the Tunisian soldiers high credit for their skills and effort in the conflict and referred to them as his "ace in the hole".

During the [[2011 Libyan civil war]], Tunisian forces, mostly border guards, saw some limited action when fighting between Libyan rebels and loyalist soldiers spilled over the border.<ref>{{cite news |last=Amara |first=Tarek |url=https://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE73S00320110429?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel |title=Pro-Gaddafi forces clash with Tunisian military |work=Reuters |date=2011-04-29 |access-date=2013-12-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235415/http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE73S00320110429?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

===The military and politics===
The Library of Congress Country Study says:<blockquote>His exclusive power to promote military officers has been among the strongest components of Bourguiba's control over the armed forces. From independence, high-ranking officers—general staff and senior commanders in particular—have been carefully selected for their party loyalty more than for their professional experience and competence. This began in the late 1950s when the president dismissed those officers who had trained in the Middle East and who might therefore have been expected to sympathize with the militant Pan-Arab policies of Egypt's Nasser. The hand-picked senior officers, in turn, carefully screened all officers who were considered for positions of authority in line units to ensure that antiregime elements did not pose potential threats at any level of the military establishment.

As a result of these promotion policies, the Tunisian officer corps took on a very homogeneous character that only began to break down in the 1970s. Senior officers have been generally representative of Tunisia's economically and politically dominant families from the north, the coastal areas, and the major cities. Although military men have been kept from operating major business ventures or holding political office while in uniform, it has been common for family members to be prominent in business or in the Destourian political movement. Generally Western and Francophile in outlook, tied by kinship to the country's upper socioeconomic stratum, and personally familiar with leading figures in the PSD, high-ranking Tunisian officers must be classed as part of the national elite.</blockquote>In 2021, Tunisia boosted the role of military in their fight to curb the pandemic's spread. On Monday 5th, the [[President of Tunisia|Tunisian presidency]] announced that medical and paramedical university graduates of the last three years will be drafted by the army. The intent was to remedy to a shortage of medical staff in public and private hospitals because hundreds of unhappy health professionals have left the country in recent years. Among other decisions, a vaccination campaign will be waged by joint civilian-military teams  around the country under the supervision of the army.<ref name="thearabweekly.com">{{Cite web|title=Tunisia boosts role of military in fight to curb pandemic's soaring toll {{!}}|url=https://thearabweekly.com/tunisia-boosts-role-military-fight-curb-pandemics-soaring-toll|access-date=2021-07-09|website=AW|language=en}}</ref>

==General Staff==
The supreme commander of the armed forces is the [[President of Tunisia|President of the Republic of Tunisia]].

In December 2010, the staff is composed as follows: Chief of Staff of the Army corps is the Field Marshall Mohamed el ghoul, one of the Air Force is Brigadier General Taieb Lajimi and that the navy is Rear Admiral Mohamed Khamassi. In April 2011, Ammar became chief of staff inter-armed.

The Inspector General of the armed forces is Rear Admiral Tarek Faouzi Larbi, the Director of Military Engineering is Brigadier General Mohammed Hedi Abdelkafi and the director of military security Brigadier General Ahmed Chabir.

==Tunisian Army==
The [[Tunisian Army]] is 80,000 strong and is composed essentially of:<ref name="jcss">{{cite web|url=http://www.inss.org.il/upload/%28FILE%291188214437.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720004843/http://www.inss.org.il/upload/(FILE)1188214437.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-07-20 |title=Tunisia |author=Institute for National Security Studies |author-link=Institute for National Security Studies (Israel) |publisher=Archive.wikiwix.com |access-date=2013-12-26}}</ref>

* three mechanised brigades based at [[Kairouan]] (3rd), [[Gabès]] (1st) and [[Béja]] (2nd). Each is composed of:
** one armoured regiment ([[M60 Patton tank]]s)
** two regiments of mechanised infantry ([[M113]], [[BMC Kirpi]] and [[Humvee]]) 
** one artillery regiment ([[M198 howitzer]])
** one reconnaissance company ([[Panhard AML 60|AML 90]], Humvee and [[Nurol Ejder|Ejder Yalçin]])
* one Saharan territorial group at [[Borj el-Khadra]] and [[Remada]], consisting of two light infantry regiments 
* one special forces group ([[Groupe des Forces Spéciales]])
* one military police régiment
The army was also enlisted to help in curbing the spread of Covid in the country in July 2021 when the Tunisian presidency announced that medical and paramedical university graduates of the last three years would be drafted by the army.<ref name="thearabweekly.com"/>

==Air Force==
{{More citations needed section|date=August 2011}}
[[File:Defense.gov photo essay 070504-F-6684S-042.jpg|thumb|right|Admiral [[Edmund P. Giambastiani]] (right), [[Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff]], meets Brigadier General [[Mahmoud Ben M'hamed]], Tunisian Air Force Chief of Staff, at the Carthage Airport in Tunis, Tunisia, May 4, 2007.]]
The [[Tunisian Air Force]] is equipped with 10 [[Northrop F-5#Single-seat versions|Northrop F-5E Tiger II]] and two [[Northrop F-5#Two-seat versions|Northrop F-5F Tiger II]]. These form 15 Squadron at [[Bizerte-Sidi Ahmed Air Base]]. It also includes 12 [[Aero L-59 Super Albatros#Variants|Aero L-59T]], as well as three [[Aermacchi MB-326]]K (combat capable) as well as 4 MB-326B, and 3 MB326L.<ref name=MB13T /> Previously up to 8 [[Atlas Aircraft Impala|Aermacchi MB-326B]], 7-16 [[Atlas Aircraft Impala|Aermacchi MB-326KT]], and 4 [[Atlas Aircraft Impala|Aermacchi MB-326LT]] were in service.

The IISS Military Balance 2013 lists six [[C-130B Hercules|Lockheed C-130B Hercules]], one [[C-130H Hercules|Lockheed C-130H Hercules]], five G-222s, three [[Let L-410UVP|Let L-410UVP Turbolet]] (all assigned to one transport squadron) plus a liaison unit with two S-208A.<ref name=MB13T /> Other reported transport aircraft include one [[Boeing 737#Boeing Business Jet (BBJ)|Boeing 737-700/BBJ]], two [[Dassault Falcon 20]], and two [[Lockheed C-130 Hercules#C-130J model|Lockheed C-130J-30 Super Hercules]].

Reported attack helicopters include four [[Hughes Helicopters|Hughes]] [[MD 500 Defender]]s, and 7-8 SNIAS SA-342 Gazelle.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mosaiquefm.net/fr/index/a/ActuDetail/Element/28087-la-tunisie-renforce-sa-flotte-aerienne |title=La Tunisie renforce sa flotte aérienne |publisher=Mosaique Fm |access-date=2013-12-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131107061429/http://www.mosaiquefm.net/fr/index/a/ActuDetail/Element/28087-la-tunisie-renforce-sa-flotte-aerienne |archive-date=7 November 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

Reported training/COIN and liaison aircraft include 12 [[Aermacchi SF.260#SIAI Marchetti|SIAI Marchetti SF.260WC Warrior]]s and 9 [[Aermacchi SF.260#SIAI Marchetti|SIAI-Marchetti SF-260C]], as well as 4 [[SIAI-Marchetti S.205#Variants|SIAI-Marchetti S.208A/M]] and one Reims F406.

Apart from Bizerte Sidi-Ahmed, there are military airfields reported at [[Bizerte]] (La-Kharouba), Gabes, Gafsa, and Sfax.

==Navy==
{{More citations needed section|date=August 2011}}
[[File:510 Giscon (Albatros-Klasse).jpg|thumb|right|''Giscon'' (510), a fast attack craft of the Tunisian Navy, photographed 21 October 2008]]
[[File:USCG and Tunisian patrol vessels - 210421-G-HO001-751.jpg|thumb|right|Tunisian Navy ship ''Jugurtha'' and USCGC ''Robert Goldman'' operating in Tunisian Waters in April 2021]]
Established in 1959, the '''Marine nationale tunisienne''' (Tunisian National Navy) initially received French assistance, including advisory personnel and several small patrol vessels.<ref name=TNLOC>[[Library of Congress Country Study]], Tunisia, 300-301, via http://www.marines.mil/Portals/59/Publications/Tunisia%20Study_3.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514035012/http://www.marines.mil/Portals/59/Publications/Tunisia%20Study_3.pdf |date=14 May 2014 }}</ref> On 22 October 1973, the U.S. [[Edsall-class destroyer escort]] {{USS|Thomas J. Gary|DE-326}} was decommissioned in ceremonies at the Quai d'Honneur, Bizerte. Moments later, the ship was commissioned by the Tunisian Navy as the ''President Bourgiba''.<ref>[[Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]], [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/t4/thomas_j_gary.htm Thomas J. Gary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024144736/http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/t4/thomas_j_gary.htm |date=24 October 2012 }}</ref> In the mid-1980s the force included ''President Bourguiba'', two United States-built coastal minesweepers, and a variety of fast-attack and patrol craft. The most important additions to the fleet in the 1980s were three [[La Combattante III type fast attack craft]] armed with Exocet anti-ship missiles. Apart from these vessels, however, most of the fleet's units were old and capable of little more than coastal patrol duties.

During the 1960s and 1970s the navy was primarily involved in combating the smuggling of contraband, the illegal entry of un-
desirable aliens, and unauthorized emigration as well as other coastal security activities.<ref name=TNLOC /> In these matters the overall effort was shared with agencies of the Ministry of Interior, especially the customs agents and immigration personnel of the Surete Nationale.

''President Bourgiba'' suffered a major fire on 16 April 1992 and later left operational service.
 
Today the Tunisian Navy reportedly has bases at [[Bizerte]], [[Kelibia]], [[La Goulette]], and [[Sfax]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cordesman |author-link=Anthony H. Cordesman |first1=Anthony |last2=Nergiuzian |first2=Aram  |date=2009 |title=The North African Military Balance: Force Developments in the Maghreb |publisher=CSIS |page=82 }}</ref> Formerly reported in service were six [[Kondor-II class]] minsweepers of 635 tons, equipped with 3 twin 25mm Guns. However, none were listed in service by the IISS Military Balance 2013. Also formerly in use were MBDA MM-40 Exocet and Nord SS-12M [[surface-to-surface missile]]s.

===Fast attack craft===
*3 [[La Combattante III type fast attack craft]] ''La Galite'' class in Tunisian service (with 8xMM-40 SSMs, 1x76mm Gun, 2x40mm Guns, 4x30mm Guns)<ref name=MB13T />
*6 Type-143 [[Lurssen]] [[Albatros-class fast attack craft|Albatros class]] (2x76mm Gun, Mine Laying Capability) P506 Hannon is possibly out of service after the delivery of third MSOPV-1400 named Hannon<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://business-review.eu/business/damens-galati-shipyard-built-3rd-patrol-vessel-for-tunisian-navy-180841 |title=Damen's Galati shipyard built 3rd patrol vessel for Tunisian navy - Business Review |access-date=17 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180818020917/http://business-review.eu/business/damens-galati-shipyard-built-3rd-patrol-vessel-for-tunisian-navy-180841 |archive-date=18 August 2018 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
*3 P-48 Bizerte class with 4x37mm Guns. Eight SS-12M SSMs were removed as obsolete.
*3-5 Modified Hazhui\[[Type 062 gunboat|Shanghai-II class]] (128&nbsp;ft,30 knots, 4x37mm Guns, 4x25mm Guns)

===Patrol boats===
*4 [[Damen Group]] MSOPV-1400 72m [[Offshore patrol vessel]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.janes.com/article/81551/tunisian-navy-commissions-latest-damen-opv-and-locally-built-patrol-boat |title=IHS Janes |access-date=9 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709190150/http://www.janes.com/article/81551/tunisian-navy-commissions-latest-damen-opv-and-locally-built-patrol-boat |archive-date=9 July 2018 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
*[http://www.pacificpowergroup.com/powering-safe-boats-for-the-tunisian-navy 65 Foot (20.3M) Full Cabin Inboard Patrol Boats]- Features dual 1600&nbsp;hp MTU 10V2000 diesel engines, shock mitigating seating, climate control, navigation package, and are capable of speeds in excess of 40 knots.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense/naval/ships/2015/04/27/tunisia-navy-boats-patrol-mediterranean-safe-boats-terrorism/26443773/|title=tunisia-navy-boats-patrol-mediterranean-safe-boats-terrorism|website=Defense News|date=27 April 2015 |access-date=2016-12-02}}</ref> Built by U.S. Boat Builder [[SAFE Boats International]] and propulsion system designed and supplied by Pacific Power Group.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.pacificpowergroup.com/powering-safe-boats-for-the-tunisian-navy|title=Powering SAFE Boats for the Tunisian Navy - Pacific Power Group|date=2016-01-10|newspaper=Pacific Power Group|language=en-US|access-date=2016-12-02}}</ref> 
*1 Ch.Navals De Lestrel 31.5m class (104&nbsp;ft,30 knots,2x20mm Guns)
*3 Ch.Navals De Lestrel 25m (83&nbsp;ft,23 knots,1x20mm)
*5 Bremse class (22.6m,2x14.5mm HMGs)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ddr-binnenschifffahrt.de/dienstschiffe-gsb23.htm |title=Dienstschiffe Typ GSB 23 |access-date=6 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718224328/http://www.ddr-binnenschifffahrt.de/dienstschiffe-gsb23.htm |archive-date=18 July 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
*4 Gabes class(12.9m,2x12.7mm HMGs)
*4 Rodman-38 class(11.6m)
*2 Vosper Thornycroft 103&nbsp;ft class (27 knota,2x20mm Guns)
*6 20meter long PCs
*4 Istiklal (Independence ) (3 on construction) 26.5meter Long PC 
*2 34m Island-Class Patrol Boats<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tunis |first=U. S. Embassy |date=2025-04-16 |title=United States Transfers Two 34m Island-Class Patrol Boats to Tunisia During Visit of USS Mount Whitney |url=https://tn.usembassy.gov/united-states-transfers-two-34m-island-class-patrol-boats-to-tunisia-during-visit-of-uss-mount-whitney/ |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=U.S. Embassy in Tunisia |language=en-US}}</ref>
*1 52mt patrol vessel on construction

===Landing craft and auxiliary vessels===
Landing craft and auxiliary vessels include one [[Landing Craft, Tank#Mark 3|LCT-3]] class LCT, one Robert Conard class 63.7m Survey vessel (NHO Salammbo), one [[Silas Bent-class survey ship|Wilkes class (T-AGS-33) survey ship]] (NRF Khaireddine), two El Jem class training ships (ex A 5378 Aragosta and A 5381 Polipo delivered by [[Italian Navy]] on 17 July 2002), one Simeto class Tanker ( Ain Zaghouin - ex A 5375 delivered by [[Italian Navy]] on 10.7.2003) and one White Sumac 40.5m class, one diver training vessel Zarzis.

===Aircraft===
* [[Boeing Insitu ScanEagle]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=08275b3c98c0debff796785a43d9cf62&tab=core&_cview=0 |title=Tunisia ScanEagle Shelter Procurement - Federal Business Opportunities: Opportunities |access-date=18 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150618171508/https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=08275b3c98c0debff796785a43d9cf62&tab=core&_cview=0 |archive-date=18 June 2015 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Tunisian navy (1705-1881)]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Bibliography==
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* {{cite book |last=IISS |title=The Military Balance 2020|year=2020 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0367466398}}
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==Further reading==
*Fernanda Faria and Alvaro Vasconcelos, "Security in Northern Africa: Ambiguity and Reality," Chaillot Paper Series, no. 25 (September 1996), 
*Lutterbeck, 'Arab Uprisings and Armed Forces,' Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces
*"Civil-Military Relations in North Africa," [[Middle East Policy]], 14, 4 (2007).
*[http://uni-nke.hu/uploads/media_items/aarms-vol14-issue-1_-2015.original.pdf Tunisia’s Security Concerns], AARMS, Volume 14, Issue 1. 2015, pp.&nbsp;5–21

==External links==
* [http://www.defense.tn/ Republic of Tunisia Ministry of National Defense]
* [https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/tunisia/ The CIA World Factbook]
* http://legislation-securite.tn - Tunisian security legislation via the [[Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces]] (DCAF)
* {{CIA World Factbook|year=2006}}

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