The United States has been flying its drones along the Tunisian-Libyan border to ward of attacks by Islamic State, Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi disclosed on television on Nov. 24.
By United States Air Force photo by Senior Airman Larry E. Reid Jr. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Essebsi said the drones were unarmed and he denied that the U.S. has a drone base in the country. U.S. sources said last month that American drones were being flown out of a Tunisian air base.