(RTTNews) - the Tunisia Government reacted with anger Thursday after the current conflict in Libya between Government forces and rebels in the fight against the regime of colonel Qadhafi spilled across the border in its territory.
Tunisian reaction came after the pro-Qadhafi forces fight against rebels to regain control of a border post between Dahiba and Wazzan came on Tunisian territory briefly while chasing the rebels. Some Libyan troops also fired rockets next to the Tunisia of the border while attempting to return to the border post which was seized by the rebels last week.
Although the Libyan Government reportedly has apologized for the brief incursion by its soldiers so that cross-border rocket fire, the Tunisian Government said the Libyan actions had violated its border and warned against a "dangerous military escalation" in the region.
"Shots fired in an area populated the Tunisian territory (are) a violation of the territorial integrity of the Tunisia and a violation of the security of the inhabitants of this region", the Tunisian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.
"Considering the gravity of what is arrived... the Tunisian authorities have informed the Libyans in their outrage and demand for extreme measures to put an end immediately to these violations.", added the statement.
Fighting near the border of the Libya-Tunisia between pro-Qadhafi forces and the rebels has been intense since the rebels captured the border last week. Thousands of Libyan civilians have fled the border in Tunisia since the conflict began in February.
There is that Libyan Government troops are recaptured the town of Kufra unconfirmed South. Although the rebels have not confirmed these reports, they said the pro-Qadhafi forces continue to bombard the Western City of Misrata. The city was besieged by forces loyal to Qadhafi for several weeks.
Separately, it was reported that a coalition led by NATO airstrike killed at least 11 rebels in Misrata on Wednesday. The Western alliance later confirmed that its aircraft had attacked "a number of combat vehicles 10 miles" South-East of port Misrata, but added that he could not "to verify the reports that these vehicles have been exploited by the opposition forces".
The latest developments come amid a NATO international military operations referred to enforce a no-fly zone mandated on the Libya and to protect civilians from attacks by forces loyal to Qadhafi.
The operation was initially led by the United States. But given that his command was handed over to NATO, countries such as Britain, France, Canada, Denmark and the Qatar have been launching air strikes against the military infrastructure of the Gaddafi regime.
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