A state of emergency was declared in Tunisia this week following an ISIL terrorist attack that killed 13 people on a presidential guard bus. It was the third attack by Islamic State in Tunisia this year. So how is ISIL viewed by ordinary people in Tunisia and other North African States - which have proved fertile recruiting grounds for jihadist groups fighting in Syria? Yasmine Ryan is a NZ journalist who bases herself in Tunis. She's in Algeria this week gathering material for a story on the response to the Paris terrorist attacks. So Yasmine, is this the latest of several major attacks designed to induce terror beyond their base in Syria and Iraq?
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