Kerry pledges security help to Tunisia

By Matthew Lee

Published February 18, 2014 2:46pm ET

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Kerry pledges security help to Tunisia — Secretary of State John Kerry, left, meets with Tunisian Prime Minister Mehdi Joma'a at Dar Diafa Palace on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014, in Tunis. Kerry is in Tunisia to offer continued American assistance for the North African nation where uprisings that toppled authoritarian leaders around the Arab world ignited in 2011. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Pool) | Evan Vucci

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry congratulated Tunisia on its new post-revolutionary constitution and promised American assistance Tuesday in the North African nation’s battle against terrorists.

The United States wants to encourage the democratic transition in Tunisia, which ousted its longtime dictator in January 2011 and sparked wider revolts that toppled leaders in Egypt, Libya and Yemen.

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