Tunisia says Libyan fighter plane made emergency landing on its soil

Tunisia's Defence Ministry said a Libyanmilitary plane made an emergency landing in southern Tunisia due to atechnical failure on Monday. In a statement, the ministry said the plane violated Tunisianairspace and made an emergency landing in the city of Medinine beforeit was intercepted by Tunisian defence systems.A Tunisian military aircraft headed to the site and it was found thatthe plane was a military one from Libya, the statement said. It added that the plane was piloted by a colonel, who said he madethe landing due to a failure.Meanwhile, a military spokesman for Libya's UN-backed government saidthe military plane belonged to the rival forces of Commander KhalifaHaftar, which have been trying to seize the Libyan capital, Tripoli,since April.The spokesman, Mohammed Gannouno, denied reports that the aircraftbelonged to the forces of the internationally recognized Governmentof National Accord (GNA). In April, Haftar ordered his self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA)forces to capture the embattled Libyan capital from the GNA, headedby Fayez Serraj.The violence has raised global fears that UN efforts to find apolitical solution to Libya's eight years of unrest may be derailed.Libya descended into chaos following the 2011 revolt that toppledlong-time dictator Moamer Gaddafi.