Washington ( CNN ) -- Disturbed by the news that Moammar Gadhafi 's wife and three children , along with some grandchildren , were able to flee over the Libyan border to Algeria in spite of a U.N. travel ban , the U.S. State Department nonetheless is taking a low-key approach . `` There are concerns that this is n't in keeping with the travel ban restrictions , '' State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told reporters Tuesday but , defending the administration 's response , she said the United States is reviewing Algeria 's explanation for why it let the family into the country . Gadhafi 's two sons who fled , Hannibal and Mohammed , along with his daughter , Aisha , are specifically named in the U.N. travel ban for `` closeness of association with ( the ) regime . '' `` We care , in terms of the fact that under U.N. Security Council Resolution 1970 , the Gadhafi family was subject to a travel ban , '' Nuland said . `` So , they have now traveled . The government of Algeria has now sent a letter to the UN . We are reviewing that letter now in New York but , clearly , there has to be an international community decision and response in regard to the travel ban restrictions that ( the resolution ) imposes . '' The Algerian representative to the U.N. said Monday that his government let the Gadhafis into the country on `` humanitarian grounds . '' Aisha Gadhafi gave birth to a daughter at the border . Algeria 's Ambassador to the U.N. , Mourad Benmehidi , told CNN , `` The wife of someone who has grievances with the international community is not necessarily subject to the same grievances . '' The U.N. resolution does allow exceptions to the travel ban resolution : `` Where the Committee determines on a case-by-case basis that such travel is justified on the grounds of humanitarian need , including religious obligation . '' It requires a state to inform the United Nations within 48 hours of any such decision . `` We have said that members of Gadhafi 's family should be held accountable , '' the State Department 's Nuland said , but added : `` ... we need to review the Algerian government explanation , so does the ( National Transitional Council ) , and we need to see where we go from there . '' Algeria 's decision to accept the family , however , has infuriated the rebel National Transitional Council . The council is demanding that Algerian authorities hand the family over to be tried by Libyan courts , calling Algeria 's decision an `` act of aggression . '' Rebels who picked through Hannibal Gadhafi 's seaside villa in Libya on Sunday introduced CNN 's Dan Rivers to his family 's badly scarred former nanny , who said she had been doused with boiling water by Hannibal 's wife , model Aline Skaf , when she refused to beat one of their crying toddlers . The abuse was corroborated by another member of the household staff .
State Department : resolution forbade travel to the Gadhafi family . Gadhafi 's wife , three children , some grandchildren were able to flee Libya into Libya . Algeria 's State Department : called Algeria 's decision an `` act of aggression '' National Transitional Council International decision is `` clearly '' called for in this instance .