Tunisia sees Islamist militants exploiting Libya chaos


  • World
  • Sunday, 20 Oct 2013

TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia's Prime Minister Ali Larayedh said Islamist militants are exploiting anarchy in neighbouring Libya to get training and smuggle weapons across North Africa's porous borders.

His coalition government is grappling with an Islamist militant group known as Ansar al-Sharia, which is one of the most radical to emerge since Tunisia's 2011 uprising against autocratic President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali Ben Ali.

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