Libyan–Tunisian relations are longstanding between the two neighbouring North African Maghreb states, Libya and Tunisia. Being the two neighboring Maghreb nations, the relationship between the two is friendly but sometimes rocky.

By a Special Agreement notified to the Court in 1978, it was asked to determine what principles and rules of international law were applicable to the delimitation as between Tunisia and the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya of the respective areas of continental shelf appertaining to each.

Mar 19, 2024 · Tunisia and Libya have closed a major border crossing at Ras Jedir due to armed clashes, according to Tunisian state TV and Libyan authorities.

The Libya – Tunisia border is 461 km (286 mi) in length and runs from the Mediterranean Sea in the north to the tripoint with Algeria in the south. [1] The border starts in the north on the Mediterranean coast at Ras Ajdir, proceeding overland southwards and then south-westwards via a series of irregular lines down to the tripoint with Algeria. [2]

The Arab Islamic Republic (Arabic: الجمهورية العربية الإسلامية al-Jumhûriyya al-Arabiyya al-İslâmiyya) was a proposed unification of Tunisia and Libya in 1974, agreed upon by Libyan head of state Muammar Gaddafi and Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba.

On March 19, 2024, the Libyan Interior Ministry announced the closure of the Ras Jedir border crossing with Tunisia after an attack by a “criminal group.” Ras Jedir is located about 600 kilometers southeast of the Tunisian capital Tunis. It is considered one of the most important border crossing points between the two countries.

Mar 18, 2024 · Authorities closed a border crossing between Tunisia and Libya overnight on Monday as security issues and the migrant crisis continued to plague both countries. The Libyan Interior Ministry said in a statement Tuesday morning local time that “groups outside the law” attacked the Ras Jdir border crossing with Tunisia.

Sep 3, 2020 · Since 2014, Tunisia’s eastern borderlands have faced three major challenges: fragmentation of the security landscape in western Libya, a frequent interruption of cross-border oil supply caused by Libya’s economic hardships, and Tunis’s heavy-handed approach to …

Nov 19, 2021 · While Ben Ali fled Tunisia and died in exile in Saudi Arabia, Libya’s Muammar Qaddafi fought back only to be murdered by the rebels, leading to further bloodshed. Unlike Tunisia, Libya’s institutions were weak and civil associations hardly existed.

Aug 26, 2023 · As fighting between rival militias resumed in the capital of Tripolitania on 14 August, Tunisia showed its unwavering support for Libya's Government of National Unity (GNU led by Abdulhamid Dabeiba, the entity's prime minister since 13 March 2021) by taking in several people wounded in the recent clashes in the Libyan capital from 20 August ...