Libyan planes banned from Tunisia international airport

Tunis-Carthage international airport

Tunisia has announced the closure of its main Tunis-Carthage international airport to Libyan planes, as part of security measures, since a suicide bombing in the capital. Transport Minister Mahmoud Ben Romdhane said flights from Libya would only be authorised to land in Sfax, 270km southeast of Tunis, TVC news reports. Tunisia closed its border with Libya on November the 25th, a day after a suicide bomb attack on a presidential guard bus claimed by Islamic State jihadists. The interior ministry said the explosive used in the attack that left 12 presidential guards dead, was the same used to make suicide belts illegally brought from Libya and seized last year (You can read the story here).