Libya Security Monitor
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International actors
Russian LNG tanker off the coast of Libya presumably attacked by drone
On 4 March, the Libyan Ports and Maritime Transport Authority said that Libya’s Search and Rescue Coordination Centre (RCC) had received a distress...
Libyan reactions to the American-Israeli attack on Iran
On 28 February, the Benghazi-based Government of National Stability (GNS) issued a formal condemnation regarding the dangerous expansion of regional...
GNU protests against Niger extraditing two SLOR-linked individuals to LNA
On 26 February, the Government of National Unity's (GNU) Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a note verbale to the Nigerien embassy in Tripoli...
Libyan actors
Egyptian workers detained in Benghazi after condemning lack of payment
On 10 March, reports circulated on Egyptian social media indicate that around 20 Egyptian workers were detained by forces affiliated with Khalifa...
Dabaiba hosts elders and militia leaders in Wershefana iftar
On 9 March, PM Abdul Hameed Dabaiba hosted a delegation of elders, notables, municipal leaders and militia leaders from Wershefana. Among the...
Two bodies discovered in mass grave in Abu Salim
On 9 March, the Regional Security Directorate Support Device, a security unit of the GNU Interior Ministry, announced the discovery of a new mass...
ISIS
Military intelligence chief & Tunisia’s MoD discuss return of ISIS fighters from Syria
On 10 December, Military Intelligence Director and Commander of the 444 Brigade Mahmoud Hamza met in Tunis with Tunisian Minister of Defense Khaled...
Misrata court convicts five ISIS members, including four sentenced to death
On 18 August, the Attorney General's office announced that the Misrata Criminal Court has convicted five ISIS members for carrying out armed attacks...
AG announces arrest of IS member behind 2018 Tripoli attack
On 26 February, the Office of the Attorney General announced it had arrested the Islamic State (IS) member who planned and logistically supported...
Other Jihadi groups
Suspect in 2012 Benghazi attack extradited to US
On 6 February at 3 am (local time), Zubayr al Bakoush, a Libyan man who is an alleged member of the terrorist group Ansar al Sharia and later of the...
Mosque bombed in Nafousa mountains
On the night of 5 January, the Old Mosque in Shakshouk, located in the Nafousa Mountains, was severely damaged in a bombing believed to be linked to...
AQIM uses southern Libya to transport fighters to Mali: UN report
According to UN reporting presented on 15 February, AQIM (‘Al-Qaida in Libya’) secures transportation routes to cities for transit or as hideouts in...
The above is a curated selection of incidents extracted from Libya-Analysis LLC’s monitoring and forecasting products.