Tunisia-Libya closes Ras Jedir border crossing

Libyan authorities have promptly shut the Tunisia-Libya border at the Ras Jedir crossing point  in the delegation of Ben Guerdane, the Tunis Afrique Presse reported.
“The local traffic of passengers and goods, at the border post of Ras Jdir, was suspended in the evening of Wednesday to Thursday by a Libyan decision,” the report quoted a security official as saying.No reason was given for the closure.
The activity of the crossing point was limited to ensuring the return of passengers from both countries, while transportation and transmission of goods were halted.