Tunisia to build border wall with Libya

Tunisia is planning to build a wall along its border with Libya to counter the threat from jihadist militants. The move comes after a deadly June beach front attack in Sousse carried out by a Libya-trained gunman
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Tunis Sousse TUNISIA

Wall to cover about one-third of 500km border by end of 2015 

Zuwara

Tripoli

Misurata

Sirte

Ghadames

Ubari

ALGERIA

NIGER

CHAD

LIBYA

SAHARA DESERT

Gharyan

Zintan

Ras Lanuf

Brak

Sabha

Kufra

EGYPT

Benghazi

Derna

Ajdabiya

Tobruk

Bayda

Ras al-Hilal

MALTA

GREECE

Sicily (ITALY)

MEDITERRANEAN SEA

Crete

Oil and gas fields and pipelines

Areas of control as of June 2015

Government

Libyan army

Toubou militias

Tuareg militias

Anti-government

Libyan Dawn

Amazigh (Berber) militias

Jihadists

Islamic State

Ansar al-Sharia

Abu Salim brigade

Jihadist-controlled countryside

300km 200 miles
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Sources: Pieter Van Ostaeyen, wire agencies

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