To me, that's a shame and if it were me, I'd want to go all the way to the Tunisian border.

Plans are under way to build a hotel on the island of Farwa, near the Tunisian border, and a string of motels along the coast.

The town of Nalut, on the Tunisian border, also fell to the opposition forces.

On the following day fighting continued in another part of the mountain range, near the Tunisian border, with government forces reportedly using Grad rockets.

It is about 140 km west of Tripoli near the Tunisian border.

About half of them had returned to Libyan territory during summer 2011, though large refugee camps on Tunisian and Chad border kept being overpopulated.

Loyalist forces fired several Grad rockets which landed within the Tunisian border.

October 13: At least five persons died following a bomb explosion at a construction site close to the Algerian - Tunisian border.

Zaltan's closeness to the Tunisian border has made Zaltan a regional center for trade.

In addition near the Tunisian border, two gunmen were killed.