The Arab Islamic Republic was a proposed unification of Tunisia and Libya in 1974, agreed upon by then Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi and Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba. Additional countries - Morocco and Algeria - were later included in the proposal, which was never implemented.
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