Ras Ajdir crossing Live Blog

A new force of border guards in Libya was deployed at the key crossing with Tunisia, marking the first time an interior ministry force from the transitional government has taken responsibility since the ouster of former leader Muammar Gaddafi.

Former rebels had been in control of the Libyan side of Ras Ajdir crossing for at least two months. It is the primary crossing between Tunisia and Libya, and is on a major trade route to the Libyan capital, Tripoli.

"The revolutionaries helped secure the border crossing over the previous period, and now they have handed it over to the interior ministry which will supervise it from now on," Omar Al-Khadrawy, interior ministry secretary, said on Thursday.