Beirut: Tunisian authorities returned the jailed leader of the Ennahda movement, Rached Ghannouchi, to prison after his recovery at a military hospital from a health crisis, a defense lawyer told Anadolu on Monday. "Ghannouchi was able today to receive one lawyer to check on him after his health improved," Mokhtar Jamaai said.

According to Anadolu Agency, the jailed Ennahda leader had spent more than 11 days in the hospital. The lawyer mentioned that Ghannouchi had recently been spending two days in prison and one day in the hospital due to exhaustion. "His health, however, deteriorated in recent days, which required his transfer to the military hospital, where he received treatment before being returned to prison," he added.

On Thursday, the Ennahda Movement expressed concern over what it described as a "serious deterioration" in Ghannouchi's health after he suffered fainting and severe exhaustion a week earlier in prison. There was no official statement from Tunisian authorities as of 1700GMT.