Senior official from Ennahda under house arrest in Tunisia

Interior ministry has placed former minister of communication technology Anouar Maarouf under house arrest.

TUNIS - Tunisia's interior ministry has placed Anouar Maarouf, a senior official in the Islamist Ennahda party, under house arrest, an Ennahda official told Reuters.

Maarouf is a former minister of communication technology and one of Ennahda's prominent leaders.