Flags with pictures of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of modern secular Turkey, are displayed at a school ahead of the May 14 presidential election, in the quake-hit region in Antakya, Hatay province, Turkey, May 13, 2023. REUTERS/Emilie Madi 

Flags with pictures of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of modern secular Turkey, are displayed at a school ahead of the May 14 presidential election, in the quake-hit region in Antakya, Hatay province, Turkey, May 13, 2023. REUTERS/Emilie Madi 

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan addresses his supporters during a rally, in front of a poster of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of modern secular Turkey, ahead of the May 14 presidential and parliamentary elections, in Istanbul, Turkey May 12, 2023. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez 

Supporters of Kemal Kilicdaroglu, presidential candidate of Turkey's main opposition alliance, hold a flag with Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of modern secular Turkey, attend a rally ahead of the May 14 presidential and parliamentary elections, in Ankara, Turkey May 12, 2023. REUTERS/Yves Herman 

People walk through Bakirkoy Square as portraits of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of moderna secular Turkey, and Kemal Kilicdaroglu, presidential candidate of Turkey's main opposition alliance, are seen ahead of the May 14 presidential and parliamentary elections, in Istanbul, Turkey May 11, 2023. REUTERS/Umit Bektas 

Activists leave a wreath with a slogan which reads: "Women will live with secularism" outside Afghanistan's Consulate after a demonstration in support of Afghan women following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, in Istanbul, Turkey August 22, 2021. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya 

Activists hold placards during a demonstration in support of Afghan women following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, in front of the Afghanistan's Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey August 22, 2021. Placards read: "Women will live with secularism" and "Resisting women are everywhere in the world". REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya 

Activists hold placards during a demonstration in support of Afghan women following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, in front of the Afghanistan's Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey August 22, 2021. Placards read: "Women will live with secularism" and "Resisting women are everywhere in the world". REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya 

Activists hold placards during a demonstration in support of Afghan women following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, in front of the Afghanistan's Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey August 22, 2021. Placards read: "Women will live with secularism" and "Resisting women are everywhere in the world". REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya 

A demonstrator wearing a face mask as a preventive measure against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) holds a placard that reads "Secular State", outside the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral to protest against violence towards women, on the 5th anniversary of the "Ni Una Menos" movement, in Buenos Aires, Argentina June 3, 2020. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian 

Revellers in costumes depicting the devil and Jesus Christ take part in the annual block party known as "Cordao de Boitata", during Carnival festivities in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil February 16, 2020. The sign reads, "The state is secular". REUTERS/Pilar Olivares 

Nina Sabbah, 25, leaves a note on a barbed wire reading "Secular state, no to religious cover" during an anti-government protest next to the Government Palace in downtown Beirut, Lebanon October 22, 2019. Picture taken October 22, 2019. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis 

Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz is depicting on his party election campaign banner in Jerusalem September 15, 2019. The Hebrew words read, " Secular unity government" REUTERS/Ammar Awad 

Tunisia's Prime Minister Youssef Chahed, leader of the secular Tahya Tounes party, speaks during a rally in Tunis, Tunisia August 8, 2019. Picture taken August 8, 2019. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi 

Tunisia's Prime Minister Youssef Chahed, leader of the secular Tahya Tounes party, speaks during a rally in Tunis, Tunisia August 8, 2019. Picture taken August 8, 2019. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi 

Tunisia's Prime Minister Youssef Chahed, leader of the secular Tahya Tounes party, attends a rally in Tunis, Tunisia August 8, 2019. Picture taken August 8, 2019. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi 

Activists of the youth wing of India's main opposition Congress party shout slogans during a protest against what they say are attempts by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to topple the Janata Dal (Secular)-Congress coalition government in the southern state of Karnataka, in New Delhi, India, July 9, 2019. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis 

Avigdor Lieberman, former Israeli Defence Minister and head of Yisrael Beitenu party prepares to hold a news conference in Tel Aviv, Israel May 30, 2019. The banner reads in Hebrew: "Lieberman, also right, also secular!". REUTERS/Amir Cohen 

Ekrem Imamoglu, main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) mayoral candidate with a poster of secular Turkey's founder Ataturk in the background, greets his supporters during a gathering in Istanbul, Turkey, April 12, 2019. REUTERS/Murad Sezer 

Supporters of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) mayoral candidate Ekrem Imamoglu wave Turkish flags and portraits of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of secular Turkey, during a rally for the upcoming local elections in Istanbul, Turkey, March 30, 2019. REUTERS/Umit Bektas 

Supporters of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) mayoral candidate Ekrem Imamoglu wave Turkish flags and portraits of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of secular Turkey, during a rally for the upcoming local elections in Istanbul, Turkey, March 30, 2019. REUTERS/Umit Bektas 

Supporters of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) mayoral candidate Ekrem Imamoglu wave Turkish flags and portraits of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of secular Turkey, during a rally for the upcoming local elections in Istanbul, Turkey, March 30, 2019. REUTERS/Umit Bektas 

Supporters of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) mayoral candidate Ekrem Imamoglu wave Turkish flags and portraits of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of secular Turkey, during a rally for the upcoming local elections in Istanbul, Turkey, March 30, 2019. REUTERS/Umit Bektas 

Supporters of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) mayoral candidate Ekrem Imamoglu wave Turkish flags and portraits of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of secular Turkey, during a rally for the upcoming local elections in Istanbul, Turkey, March 30, 2019. REUTERS/Umit Bektas 

Supporters of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) mayoral candidate Ekrem Imamoglu wave Turkish flags and portraits of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of secular Turkey, during a rally for the upcoming local elections in Istanbul, Turkey, March 30, 2019. REUTERS/Umit Bektas 

Supporters of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) mayoral candidate Ekrem Imamoglu wave Turkish flags and portraits of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of secular Turkey, during a rally for the upcoming local elections in Istanbul, Turkey, March 30, 2019. REUTERS/Umit Bektas 

Shatrughan Sinha, Bollywood actor-turned-politician and leader of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), is hugged by Farooq Abdullah (C), lawmaker and leader of National Conference, as H. D. Kumaraswamy (L), leader of Janata Dal (Secular) and Chief Minister of Karnataka, N. Chandrababu Naidu (2nd L), leader of Telugu Desam Party and Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, and former prime minister H. D. Deve Gowda (R) look on during the "United India" rally attended by the leaders of India's main opposition parties ahead of the general election, in Kolkata, India, January 19, 2019. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri 

Pope Francis will pray at the shrine in the the western Irish village of Knock as part of his two-day visit to Ireland this week, the first by a Pope in almost 40 years that have transformed the once staunchly Catholic country into a far more secular and liberal society. Religion is still deeply embedded in the face of the Irish countryside - roadside grottos with statues of the Virgin Mary are a feature of almost every Irish town and village, with most erected in 1954 when the Vatican called for a Marian year of celebration and devotion. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne SEARCH "POPE PREPARATIONS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY. Matching text: POPE-IRELAND/PREPARATIONS 

Leonid Simonovich-Nikshich, the head of the Union of Orthodox Banner-Bearers, returns home after meeting other members of the union in Moscow, Russia, December 24, 2017. The Union of Orthodox Banner Bearers is a small fringe group of Russian nationalists with no political power that is convinced Russia should be ruled by an autocratic monarch. "We are striving for the restoration of an autocratic monarchy. Like the one we had under our tsars," Simonovich-Nikshich said. "It is only possible through the church. In no way is this possible in a political secular way because that would be a dictator." REUTERS/Ekaterina Anchevskaya SEARCH "NATIONALISTS RUSSIA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Leonid Simonovich-Nikshich, the head of Orthodox Banner Bearers, works on an article in his office at his home in Moscow, Russia, July 19, 2018. The Union of Orthodox Banner Bearers is a small fringe group of Russian nationalists with no political power that is convinced Russia should be ruled by an autocratic monarch. "We are striving for the restoration of an autocratic monarchy. Like the one we had under our tsars," Simonovich-Nikshich said. "It is only possible through the church. In no way is this possible in a political secular way because that would be a dictator." REUTERS/Ekaterina Anchevskaya SEARCH "NATIONALISTS RUSSIA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Leonid Simonovich-Nikshich (R), head of the Union of Orthodox Banner-Bearers and Igor Miroshnichenko, his deputy, prepare for award ceremony at their headquarter in Moscow, Russia, July 12, 2018. Military Orthodox Mission, a group that espouses socially conservative Orthodox values, awarded some union members for their work to commemorate Tsar Nicholas II. "We are striving for the restoration of an autocratic monarchy. Like the one we had under our tsars," Simonovich-Nikshich said. "It is only possible through the church. In no way is this possible in a political secular way because that would be a dictator." REUTERS/ Ekaterina Anchevskaya SEARCH "NATIONALISTS RUSSIA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Leonid Simonovich-Nikshich, the head of the Union of Orthodox Banner-Bearers, poses for a photograph at his home in Moscow, Russia, July 19, 2018. The Union of Orthodox Banner Bearers is a small fringe group of Russian nationalists with no political power that is convinced Russia should be ruled by an autocratic monarch. "We are striving for the restoration of an autocratic monarchy. Like the one we had under our tsars," Simonovich-Nikshich said. "It is only possible through the church. In no way is this possible in a political secular way because that would be a dictator." REUTERS/Ekaterina Anchevskaya SEARCH "NATIONALISTS RUSSIA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

When a ban on the wearing of face veils in public took effect in Denmark on Wednesday, Sabina (not pictured) did not leave her niqab at home. Instead, she joined around 1,300 Muslims and non-Muslims alike in a march through the capital Copenhagen to protest at what they saw as an infringement on freedom of religion and expression. The Danish parliament enacted the face ban in May, joining France and some other European countries to uphold what some politicians say are secular and democratic values. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly SEARCH "DENMARK VEIL" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY THE IMAGES SHOULD ONLY BE USED TOGETHER WITH THE STORY - NO STAND-ALONE USES TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

On Aug. 1, when face veils are banned in Denmark, Sabina will not be leaving her niqab at home. Instead, she will be defying the law and taking to the street in protest. In May, the Danish parliament banned the wearing of face veils in public, joining France and some other European countries to uphold what some politicians say are secular and democratic values. But Sabina, 21, who is studying to be a teacher, has joined forces with other Muslim women who wear the veil to form Kvinder I Dialog (Women In Dialogue) to protest and raise awareness about why women should be allowed to express their identity in that way. "I won't take my niqab off. If I must take it off I want to do it because it is a reflection of my own choice," she said. The niqab wearers who plan to protest on Aug. 1 will be joined by non niqab wearing Muslim women and also non-Muslim Danes, most of whom plan to wear face coverings at the rally. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly SEARCH "DENMARK VEIL" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY. THE IMAGES SHOULD ONLY BE USED TOGETHER WITH THE STORY - NO STAND-ALONE USES 

Sena Su Baysal poses for a picture during an interview with Reuters in Ankara, June 9, 2018. Eighteen-year-old student Sena Su Baysal, a first-time voter in Turkey's elections on Sunday, can't remember life before President Tayyip Erdogan took power but she wishes she had grown up in those earlier times. "Turkey used to be a more modern and secular country," she says at home in the capital Ankara, where she lives with her parents. "I would have liked to have lived then". Picture taken June 9, 2018. REUTERS/Umit Bektas 

Derin Kaleli poses for a picture during an interview with Reuters in Istanbul, June 2, 2018. In the secular Istanbul district of Kadikoy, Derin Kaleli says she is losing the freedom to choose how to dress. "I cannot wear the clothes I like. People in Europe live as they wish. Here I am not as free as I would like to be. We are becoming more and more conservative. We are worried for the future," she said. Picture taken June 2, 2018. REUTERS/Umit Bektas 

Demonstrators hold banners and shout slogans during a rally to mark International Women's Day in Ankara, Turkey, March 8, 2018. Banner reads "long live secularism". REUTERS/Umit Bektas 

A Palestinian man (C) sells vegetables as he sits next to closed shops after Palestinian secular and Islamist factions called a general strike to protest U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement that he has recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital, in Jerusalem's Old City December 7, 2017. REUTERS/Ammar Awad 

A closed shop is seen after Palestinian secular and Islamist factions called a general strike to protest U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement that he has recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital, in Jerusalem's Old City December 7, 2017. REUTERS/Ammar Awad 

A woman stands next to closed shops after Palestinian secular and Islamist factions called a general strike to protest U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement that he has recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital, in Jerusalem's Old City December 7, 2017. REUTERS/Ammar Awad 

A man pushes a cart past closed shops after Palestinian secular and Islamist factions called a general strike to protest U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement that he has recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital, in Jerusalem's Old City December 7, 2017. REUTERS/Ammar Awad 

A Palestinian man walks past closed shops after Palestinian secular and Islamist factions called a general strike to protest U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement that he has recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital, in Jerusalem's Old City December 7, 2017. REUTERS/Ammar Awad 

Islamic group members shout slogans during a protest against the decree allowing the government to disband organisations deemed to run counter to the secular state, in Jakarta, Indonesia July 28, 2017. REUTERS/Beawiharta 

An Islamic group member covers his face with Hizbut Tahrir flag during a protest against the decree allowing the government to disband organisations deemed to run counter to the secular state, in Jakarta, Indonesia July 28, 2017. REUTERS/Beawiharta 

Islamic group members shout slogans during a protest against the decree allowing the government to disband organisations deemed to run counter to the secular state, in Jakarta, Indonesia July 28, 2017. REUTERS/Beawiharta 

A retired manufacturer and head of an Alevi association Muzaffer Aksakal, 65, poses in his association's cafe in Istanbul, Turkey April 10, 2017. Aksakal describes himself as being "socialist and secular". He says he will vote 'No' in the referendum. "If the 'Yes' wins, parliament will be useless and the right to declare war or peace will be in the hands of a single man." Aksakal belongs to the Alevi religious minority, which make up about 15-20 percent of Turkey's 80 million people. Alevis draw from Shi'ite, Sufi and Anatolian folk traditions and practice distinct rituals which can put them at odds with their Sunni Muslim counterparts, many of whom accuse them of heresy. "Erdogan government always follows racist politics. Alevis are under pressure. The system ignores the Alevis." REUTERS/Umit Bektas SEARCH "VOXPOPS UMIT" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.? 

Support messages by secular and left-wing groups are seen in front of the Cumhuriyet newspaper, an opposition secularist daily, in Istanbul, Turkey, November 1, 2016. REUTERS/Murad Sezer 

Head of National Democratic Action Society (WAAD), a secular party, Ebrahim Shareef (L) is greeted by a well-wisher after his release from prison after completing one year sentence, at party's headquarters in Manama, Bahrain July 12, 2016. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed 

Head of National Democratic Action Society (WAAD), a secular party, Ebrahim Shareef (L) is greeted by a well-wisher after his release from prison after completing one year sentence, at party's headquarters in Manama, Bahrain July 12, 2016. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed 

Head of National Democratic Action Society (WAAD), a secular party, Ebrahim Shareef (L) is greeted by a well-wisher after his release from prison after completing one year sentence, at party's headquarters in Manama, Bahrain July 12, 2016. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed 

People inspect a burnt room inside their house, which was damaged by fighting between Islamic State jihadists and government forces in Ben Guerdane, near the Libyan border, Tunisia April 12, 2016. After a U.S. air strike killed a Tunisian jihadist commander in western Libya in late February, dozens of Islamic State fighters sneaked across the border into Tunisia and attacked an army barracks and police bases in the town of Ben Guerdane. In the battle that followed, Islamic State militants shot dead local Tunisian anti-terrorism chief Colonel Abdel Atti Abdelkabir metres from his home. Residents including the colonel's brother say they recognised some of the attackers as former neighbours and classmates who had left to train with Islamic State in Libya. In all, more than 50 militants died in the assault. The battle was further evidence of how Libya’s chaos has spilled over into its more stable neighbour. Tunisia, one of the most secular countries in the Arab world, is trying to nurture the nascent democracy that grew out of its 2011 uprising against Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali. But it also faces an intensifying battle against Islamist militants – not least Tunisian fighters now based just across the border. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra SEARCH "ZOHRA REMADA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

A woman sits outside her house, which was damaged in fighting between Islamic State jihadists and government forces, in Ben Guerdane, near the Libyan border, Tunisia April 12, 2016. After a U.S. air strike killed a Tunisian jihadist commander in western Libya in late February, dozens of Islamic State fighters sneaked across the border into Tunisia and attacked an army barracks and police bases in the town of Ben Guerdane. In the battle that followed, Islamic State militants shot dead local Tunisian anti-terrorism chief Colonel Abdel Atti Abdelkabir metres from his home. Residents including the colonel's brother say they recognised some of the attackers as former neighbours and classmates who had left to train with Islamic State in Libya. In all, more than 50 militants died in the assault. The battle was further evidence of how Libya’s chaos has spilled over into its more stable neighbour. Tunisia, one of the most secular countries in the Arab world, is trying to nurture the nascent democracy that grew out of its 2011 uprising against Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali. But it also faces an intensifying battle against Islamist militants – not least Tunisian fighters now based just across the border. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra SEARCH "ZOHRA REMADA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

People are seen at a Radio Web studio during training at a youth centre in Ben Guerdane, Tunisia April 12, 2016. After a U.S. air strike killed a Tunisian jihadist commander in western Libya in late February, dozens of Islamic State fighters sneaked across the border into Tunisia and attacked an army barracks and police bases in the town of Ben Guerdane. In the battle that followed, Islamic State militants shot dead local Tunisian anti-terrorism chief Colonel Abdel Atti Abdelkabir metres from his home. Residents including the colonel's brother say they recognised some of the attackers as former neighbours and classmates who had left to train with Islamic State in Libya. In all, more than 50 militants died in the assault. The battle was further evidence of how Libya’s chaos has spilled over into its more stable neighbour. Tunisia, one of the most secular countries in the Arab world, is trying to nurture the nascent democracy that grew out of its 2011 uprising against Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali. But it also faces an intensifying battle against Islamist militants – not least Tunisian fighters now based just across the border. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra SEARCH "ZOHRA REMADA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

Hamid Ishi stands in his house, which was squatted by Islamic State jihadists and damaged during fighting with government forces, in Ben Guerdane, Tunisia April 10, 2016. After a U.S. air strike killed a Tunisian jihadist commander in western Libya in late February, dozens of Islamic State fighters sneaked across the border into Tunisia and attacked an army barracks and police bases in the town of Ben Guerdane. In the battle that followed, Islamic State militants shot dead local Tunisian anti-terrorism chief Colonel Abdel Atti Abdelkabir metres from his home. Residents including the colonel's brother say they recognised some of the attackers as former neighbours and classmates who had left to train with Islamic State in Libya. In all, more than 50 militants died in the assault. The battle was further evidence of how Libya’s chaos has spilled over into its more stable neighbour. Tunisia, one of the most secular countries in the Arab world, is trying to nurture the nascent democracy that grew out of its 2011 uprising against Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali. But it also faces an intensifying battle against Islamist militants – not least Tunisian fighters now based just across the border. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra SEARCH "ZOHRA REMADA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

A municipal worker adds the finishing touches in Martyr's Square to a memorial to those recently killed by Islamic State's fighters in Ben Guerdane, near the Libyan border, Tunisia April 12, 2016. After a U.S. air strike killed a Tunisian jihadist commander in western Libya in late February, dozens of Islamic State fighters sneaked across the border into Tunisia and attacked an army barracks and police bases in the town of Ben Guerdane. In the battle that followed, Islamic State militants shot dead local Tunisian anti-terrorism chief Colonel Abdel Atti Abdelkabir metres from his home. Residents including the colonel's brother say they recognised some of the attackers as former neighbours and classmates who had left to train with Islamic State in Libya. In all, more than 50 militants died in the assault. The battle was further evidence of how Libya’s chaos has spilled over into its more stable neighbour. Tunisia, one of the most secular countries in the Arab world, is trying to nurture the nascent democracy that grew out of its 2011 uprising against Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali. But it also faces an intensifying battle against Islamist militants – not least Tunisian fighters now based just across the border. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra SEARCH "ZOHRA REMADA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

The father and son of Abdel Atti Abdelkabir, a policeman who was killed by Islamic State jihadists, pose for a picture in Ben Guerdane, Tunisia April 10, 2016. After a U.S. air strike killed a Tunisian jihadist commander in western Libya in late February, dozens of Islamic State fighters sneaked across the border into Tunisia and attacked an army barracks and police bases in the town of Ben Guerdane. In the battle that followed, Islamic State militants shot dead local Tunisian anti-terrorism chief Colonel Abdel Atti Abdelkabir metres from his home. Residents including the colonel's brother say they recognised some of the attackers as former neighbours and classmates who had left to train with Islamic State in Libya. In all, more than 50 militants died in the assault. The battle was further evidence of how Libya’s chaos has spilled over into its more stable neighbour. Tunisia, one of the most secular countries in the Arab world, is trying to nurture the nascent democracy that grew out of its 2011 uprising against Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali. But it also faces an intensifying battle against Islamist militants – not least Tunisian fighters now based just across the border. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra SEARCH "ZOHRA REMADA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

A house which was damaged during fighting with government forces stands in Ben Guerdane, near the Libyan border, Tunisia April 10, 2016. After a U.S. air strike killed a Tunisian jihadist commander in western Libya in late February, dozens of Islamic State fighters sneaked across the border into Tunisia and attacked an army barracks and police bases in the town of Ben Guerdane. In the battle that followed, Islamic State militants shot dead local Tunisian anti-terrorism chief Colonel Abdel Atti Abdelkabir metres from his home. Residents including the colonel's brother say they recognised some of the attackers as former neighbours and classmates who had left to train with Islamic State in Libya. In all, more than 50 militants died in the assault. The battle was further evidence of how Libya’s chaos has spilled over into its more stable neighbour. Tunisia, one of the most secular countries in the Arab world, is trying to nurture the nascent democracy that grew out of its 2011 uprising against Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali. But it also faces an intensifying battle against Islamist militants – not least Tunisian fighters now based just across the border. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra SEARCH "ZOHRA REMADA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

People stand where their neighbour Abdel Atti Abdelkabir, a policeman, was killed by Islamic State jihadists in Ben Guerdane, near the Libyan border, Tunisia April 10, 2016. After a U.S. air strike killed a Tunisian jihadist commander in western Libya in late February, dozens of Islamic State fighters sneaked across the border into Tunisia and attacked an army barracks and police bases in the town of Ben Guerdane. In the battle that followed, Islamic State militants shot dead local Tunisian anti-terrorism chief Colonel Abdel Atti Abdelkabir metres from his home. Residents including the colonel's brother say they recognised some of the attackers as former neighbours and classmates who had left to train with Islamic State in Libya. In all, more than 50 militants died in the assault. The battle was further evidence of how Libya’s chaos has spilled over into its more stable neighbour. Tunisia, one of the most secular countries in the Arab world, is trying to nurture the nascent democracy that grew out of its 2011 uprising against Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali. But it also faces an intensifying battle against Islamist militants – not least Tunisian fighters now based just across the border. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra SEARCH "ZOHRA REMADA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

Household items lie on the ground at a house that was squatted by Islamic State jihadists and damaged during fighting with government forces in Ben Guerdane, near the Libyan border, Tunisia April 10, 2016. After a U.S. air strike killed a Tunisian jihadist commander in western Libya in late February, dozens of Islamic State fighters sneaked across the border into Tunisia and attacked an army barracks and police bases in the town of Ben Guerdane. In the battle that followed, Islamic State militants shot dead local Tunisian anti-terrorism chief Colonel Abdel Atti Abdelkabir metres from his home. Residents including the colonel's brother say they recognised some of the attackers as former neighbours and classmates who had left to train with Islamic State in Libya. In all, more than 50 militants died in the assault. The battle was further evidence of how Libya’s chaos has spilled over into its more stable neighbour. Tunisia, one of the most secular countries in the Arab world, is trying to nurture the nascent democracy that grew out of its 2011 uprising against Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali. But it also faces an intensifying battle against Islamist militants – not least Tunisian fighters now based just across the border. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra SEARCH "ZOHRA REMADA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.