Tunisia Interior Ministry has said it had dismantled a recruiting cell sending jihadis to fight in Libya and arrested dozens as part of tighter security and border controls to counter Islamist militants.
Tunisia is worried that violence will spill over from Libya, where Daesh militants have expanded their influence, exploiting turmoil as two rival governments battle for control.
Tunisians make up one of the largest contingents of foreign fighters in Syria and Iraq, but more recently militants have been sending jihadis to take part in the conflict in Tunisia's North African neighbor Libya.
"Security officers and the army arrested ten militants trying to sneak into Libya to join the armed groups in Libya," the Interior Ministry said in a statement.
The communique said security forces also dismantled four militant cells who were recruiting for Libya and arrested 22 more suspects in those operations.
The ministry said the cells coordinated with atcive Tunisian jihadists in Libya who run the training camps along the border with other foreign fighters.
Source: MENA