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Ghannouchi isolated, Ennahda split in two

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If they aren’t likely to resolve Tunisia’s political crisis, talks between Ennahda and the opposition that kicked off on Oct. 4 will certainly increase tension within the Islamist party and cut its president, Rached Ghannouchi, off from the movement’s hardliners.

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