Tunisia says 172 nationals held by Libya militia

The foreign ministry’s Arab and African affairs chief Touhami Abdouli said the Tunisians had been detained in western Libya by a militia that is part of the Libya Dawn alliance which controls the capital Tripoli and third city Misrata.

“We are going to try to make the effort to resolve this at the political level,” Abdouli told Shems-FM radio. “I am optimistic.”