Libyan authorities reopened on Saturday the country’s main border post with Tunisia following more than a six-week closure prompted by tensions over smuggling. The interior ministry said that the border at Ras Jedir was re-opened to "facilitate... Libyan and Tunisian travelers". An AFP correspondent in Ben Guerdane, a Tunisian town about 30 kilometers (18 miles) from Ras Jedir, confirmed the crossing had been reopened, but said Tunisians were protesting over a lack of consultation with residents. More than 200 people set fire to tires and blocked Libyan travelers between Ben Guerdane and the border. The correspondent said the protestors were angry that Libyan authorities did not negotiate with them over the crossings reopening, rather than with Tunisias government. It was not immediately clear what the protestors were demanding from the Libyan authorities. But prior to the borders closure, Tripoli had banned the passage of goods to Tunisia in order to rein in the smuggling of fuel and other items, a local Libyan official said. The reopening of the border came several hours after the closure of Tripolis only working airport, due to fighting. Rockets rained on several parts of Tripoli Saturday despite a truce to end fighting between rival militias, with one projectile hitting a popular hotel and wounding three people, rescuers and medics said. The renewed violence came as Britain, France, Italy and the United States denounced the violence and warned that an escalation would hamper the political process in North African country. Rescuers and witnesses said three people were wounded when a rocket hit the Al-Waddan Hotel, which overlooks the bay of Tripoli and is popular with foreigners. It was not immediately clear if they were clients of staff members. The fighting broke out on Monday in suburbs south of Tripoli and continued into Wednesday evening after a truce collapsed, despite the United Nations appealing for calm. The interior ministry of Libyas UN-backed unity government, the Government of National Accord (GNA), also denounced the renewed violence Saturday. In a statement, it blamed unnamed factions for "undermining the ceasefire (announced on Thursday)... by blindly launching rockets and shells on Tripoli and its suburbs". According to the GNAs health ministry, around 40 people have been killed and more than 100 wounded since the fighting first broke out.