Tunisia forces launched air and ground combat Islamic militants near the Algerian border last Friday, after a fierce overnight in the area, which coincided with the North African country's political unrest increased instability and conflict.
Aircraft bombed Chaambi Mountain region, where the army has been trying to track down Islamic militants since December caves, witnesses said on Friday.
"Began at dawn on Friday, air and ground units involved in a major military operations," said military spokesman Taufik Rahmouni, the army had surrounded a group of 15-20 militants "terrorist."
"The army has now implemented a safety ring surrounding area and in the area searching nearby towns, until now, there were no casualties or arrests (in the mountains Chaambi)," he said.
Actions in the same area since militants ambushed and killed eight soldiers on Monday in Tunis security forces for decades one of the most deadly attacks. Gunners cut the victim's throat.
Tunisian Islamist-led government is grappling with rising instability and installation requirements of his resignation secularist opposition organized protest movement. Rival rallies in support of the ruling coalition has also been growing.
Who belong to the Islamic ENNAHDA party, Prime Minister Ali Larayedh, will discuss the security situation and the political crisis with the opposition and other groups on Saturday, his office said. Then he is expected to solve the public.
Algerian security sources said militants Mount Chaambi including Tunisia, Libya and Algeria.
"They are heavily armed, there may be a weapon with Libya," the source said. "We will do our best to support Tunisia, but does not interfere with its territory."
Political crisis
Although the border battle raged, pro-and anti-government protesters prepared a weekend rival demonstrations. So far the protests have been largely peaceful.
Tunisia powerful trade union federation called on the government succumbed to opposition demands, and within a week to create a new government began negotiations with the opponent.
But 600,000 strong Tunisian Union has endorsed the transition ENNAHDA be allowed to complete the Constituent Assembly to draft a new constitution and electoral law needs, although it says that the body must speed up its work.
, Angered one of the assassination of its leader last week, the opposition hopes assembly dissolved.
Salafi militants accused ENNAHDA, assassinations and February, a similar, there are two simple bomb exploded in Tunisia in the past week, the first explosion in the capital. No one was injured in the explosion.
An eyewitness said that in the jam Town Hill neighborhood Chaambi, security forces raided a mosque and arrested 12 Mingshalafei.
Porous border smuggling is known as Tunisian President Zine person who overthrew authoritarian · · Abidin Ben Ali in 2011 to flourish.
The Interior Ministry said on Friday the security forces also arrested militant Salafi people are prepared explosives, a town 50 kilometers (30 miles) north of MANZEL Bourguiba of Tunisia.
Local media said the man was arrested after his hand blown off test explosives.
Another Salafist blew himself because he was trying to build a bomb in his home, the ministry said. The man's wife Manouba, 10 kilometers outside the capital, on the outskirts of the blast injuries and was taken to hospital.
 



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