Suicide Attack Jolts Tunisia as New Leaders Aim to Lure Tourists
Police and firefighters gather at the scene of an explosion near the U.S. embassy in Tunis on March 6.
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Two attackers blew themselves up close to the U.S. Embassy in Tunisia on Friday, exposing a lingering security challenge for the country’s new government as it attempts to revive a tourism-dependent economy also hit by the coronavirus.