On 18 March, Minister of Interior (MoI) Emad Trabelsi chaired a meeting with European Union and African Union diplomats, as well as with...
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Trabelsi pledges to secure Libya’s south amid migrant resettlement controversy
On 13 March, PM Abdul Hameed Dabaiba chaired a high-level meeting of key ministers and security directors to discuss the challenges of illegal...
Libya’s Amazigh demand dismissal of MoI Trabelsi
On 25 February, the Supreme Council of Amazigh Libya announced an official holiday on 26 February for all Amazigh cities in the Jabal Nafusa in...
Clashes break out between al-Far and Trabelsi forces in western Tripoli
There have been clashes in western Tripoli this week amid apparent tensions between Government of National Unity (GNU) Minister of Interior (MoI)...
Dabaiba distances himself from Trabelsi’s morality police
On 23 November, Government of National Unity (GNU) Prime Minister Abdul Hameed Dabaiba spoke at a Youth Forum in Misrata at which he attempted to...
Trabelsi to reintroduce morality police amid backlash
On 6 November, Government of National Unity (GNU) Minister of Interior Emad Trabelsi announced plans to introduce a ‘morality police’ and a women’s...
Trabelsi continues to implement his security plan in Tripoli
On 27 August, the Supreme Committee for Security Arrangements headed by Government of National Unity (GNU) Minister of Interior Emad Trabelsi said...
Trabelsi hosts major congregation of MoI forces and says militias must leave Tripoli soon
On 27 April, Trabelsi held a General Assembly of Police Members of the Ministry of Interior at the disused Tripoli International Airport. Notable...
Trabelsi says Ras Ajdir will open soon
On 25 April, Government of National Unity (GNU) Minister of Interior (MoI) Emad Trabelsi spoke on the phone with his Tunisian counterpart Kamal...
Trabelsi forms ‘Joint Security Room’ to secure Ras Ajdir area
In parallel to the Presidential Council’s Joint Military Force securing the Ras Ajdir area, Government of National Unity (GNU) Minister of Interior...
Trabelsi orders withdrawal of security and police from Ras Ajdir border crossing
On 21 March, Minister of Interior Emad Trabelsi ordered the withdrawal of all members of Zuwara’s General Directorate of Security Operations, the...
Trabelsi willing to form joint force with LNA to secure southern border
In a meeting about illegal migration organised by the Government of National Unity (GNU) Minister of Interior on 11 March, Emad al-Trabelsi said...
MoI Trabelsi announces withdrawal of all militias from Tripoli
On 21 February, the Government of National Unity (GNU) Minister of Interior (MoI) Emad Trabelsi declared that all militias (‘security and military...
Trabelsi partially settles truck drivers’ strikes
On 16 January, Government of National Unity (GNU) Minister of Interior Emad Trabelsi met with the truck drivers' unions and associations to discuss...
Tripoli has reached a ‘very good level of security’, say Trabelsi and al-Sour
On 5 September, Government of National Unity (GNU) Minister of Interior Emad Trabelsi and Attorney General Sadiq al-Sour gave a joint press...
Trabelsi and Darsi discuss security coordination in eastern region
On 21 May, GNU Interior Minister Emad al-Trabelsi met with eastern security chief Ayman al-Darsi and other security figures to discuss coordination...
Emad Trabelsi appointed GNU Deputy Minister of Interior
On 22 September, the Government of National Unity (GNU) Prime Minister, Abdul Hameed Dabaiba, appointed Emad Trabelsi as GNU Deputy Minister of the...
27 January- 02 February: Tripoli firefight between Emad Trabelsi forces and Rada
On 28 January, tensions boiled over between Emad Trabelsi’s General Security Force (GSF) and the Special Deterrence Force (Rada). On 26 January, clashes occurred between the 55 Battalion, aligned with the GNA Ministry of Defence, and the 3 Unit, aligned with the GNA Ministry of Interior. On 29 January, reports in local Libyan media claimed that the UN-mediated 5+5 Joint Military Committee (JMC) would hold its second meeting in Sirte on 4 February.
4 July – 10 July: GNA instate Emad Trabelsi as the President of the General Security Directorate
On 6 July, the GNA issued a decree instating the commander of the Zintan Special Operations Force, Emad Trabelsi, as the President of the General Security Directorate. On 7 July, clashes took between Abdelghani al-Kikli aka Ghneiwa forces from Abu Slim and a former militia leader under his command.
Security forces run over football fans in Tripoli
On 21 April, a football match in Tripoli International Stadium between al-Ahly Tripoli and al-Suwaihli ended in chaos after vehicles with the logo...
Dabaiba chairs meeting on illegation immigration
On 25 March, Government of National Unity (GNU) PM Abdel Hameed Dabaiba chaired a meeting to discuss updates on the illegal immigration file and...
Politically-motivated arrests and kidnappings in Tripoli draw condemnation
On 23 March, Osama al-Rajhi, deputy mayor of the Tripoli Central municipality, was detained, probably by members of the Internal Security Agency...
Amazigh flag incident sparks protests and widespread condemnation
On 17 February, a group of young men placed the Amazigh flag on a street in Hay al-Andalus in western Tripoli, forcing cars to drive over it, during...
Anti-Dabaiba protests continue in several cities
On 7 January in the evening, there was a second night of protests in Tripoli, Misrata, Zawiyya, Bani Walid, Sabratha, Zintan and other cities...
West coast military launches wide operation in Zawiyya
On 2 January, there were armed clashes between armed gangs near the al-Jumhouriya Bank in central Zawiyya causing panic among citizens. During the...
Al-Lafi mediates in Yefren as tensions continue over arrests and presence of external armed groups
On 30 October, Presidential Council (PC) Deputy Abdullah al-Lafi accompanied by Libyan Army Deputy Chief of Staff (CoS) Salaheddin al-Namroush...
Renewed troubles between PFG and 444 Brigade in al-Hamada al-Hamra amid NC7 takeover rumours
On 30 October, Minister of Interior Emad Trabelsi and the head of the MoI’s Border Guard ordered the intensification of desert patrols to monitor...
Zawiyya’s coast guard captain and human trafficking kingpin al-Bija assassinated
On 1 September, unidentified gunmen assassinated Abdurrahman Milad, alias al-Bija, the head of Libya's coast guard and naval academy, as well as...
MoI reaches security agreement with key groups over control of the CBL
On 23 August, a meeting between Minister of Interior Emad Trabelsi, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Defense Abdussalam Zoubi, Kara, Mukhtar...
Violence erupts in and around Zawiyya
On 17 July, the headquarters of the Stability Support Agency (SSA) in Zawiyya - Abu Sora was stormed and occupied by militias of Muhammed al-Baroun...
US delegates confirm commitment to security cooperation with Libyan actors
The US Charge d’Affaires Jeremy Berndt and the US Defence Attache also with the Chief of Staff (CoS) of the Libyan Army Muhammed al-Haddad and...
Ras Ajdir border crossing reopens for general traffic, Dabaiba visits Zuwara
On 1 July in the morning, the Ras Ajdir border crossing was reopened for general border traffic by Government of National Unity (GNU) Minister of...
Eastern and western MoIs take action after riots at football matches
On 29 May, following an attack on the Khoms football fan bus in Tajoura, Minister of Interior (MoI) Emad Trabelsi instructed the Security...
166th (Misrata) Brigade deploys troops to Tripoli while other militias mobilise
On 29 March, the 166th (Misrata) Brigade began moving a large contingent of troops to Tripoli. The first elements arrived in the capital after dark...
GNU deploys military forces to contain situation at Ras Ajdir
On the evening of 23 March, the Government of National Unity's (GNU) Western Coast Military District Commander and Deputy GNU Libyan Army Chief of...
Clashes break out at Ras Ajdir after MoI deploys border forces
On 18 March, the Government of National Unity (GNU) Minister of Interior Emad Trabelsi assigned the Law Enforcement Department of the General...
Abu Salim killings perpetrators identified, says Attorney General
On 21 February, Minister of Interior Emad Trabelsi emphasized that all those responsible for last week's Abu Salim massacre (where at least ten men...
At least ten men murdered in Abu Salim
Shortly after midnight on 18 February, the bodies of at least ten murdered members of Abdul Ghani al-Kikli’s (aka Ghinaywa) Stability Support Agency...
Renewed clashes between militias in Zawiyya and Tripoli
On 15 February, at least two people were killed in Zawiyya in a skirmish near the university between Othman al-Lahab's 103rd Brigade (aka al-Silaa...
Misrata truck drivers protest over ‘road fees’ imposed by militias at checkpoints
On 9 January, truck drivers from Misrata and Zliten started protests and road blockades against the imposition of ‘road tolls’ by members of...
Protests erupt across Libya over FM Mangoush’s meeting with Israeli FM
On the evening of 27 August, there were angry street protests in Tripoli and elsewhere in western Libya following Government of National Unity (GNU)...
Tensions remain high as Rada and the 444 Brigade withdraw from frontlines
On 18 August, Rada and the 444 Brigade withdrew most of their fighters from the front lines during the day. The withdrawal was supervised by the...
Tripoli clashes subside following release of 444 Brigade commander
After the abduction of the 444 Brigade commander Mahmoud Hamza by Aburraouf Kara’s Rada Force on 14 August, fighting continued between those...
Anti-Immigration Unit face off with GNU MoI
On 12 March, the Government of National Unity (GNU) Minister of Interior Emad Trabelsi announced the launch of a security plan to secure Libya’s...
Interior Minister initiates security plan for Greater Tripoli
On 9 January, the Government of National Unity (GNU) Interior Minister, Emad Trabelsi, launched a plan to secure Greater Tripoli. During a ceremony...
Key militias declare Tripoli a ‘red line’
In the late evening of 12 July, several Tripoli and Western armed groups leaders held a meeting in Abu Sitta after receiving reports that the House...
Zintan forces undertake counter-terrorism operation in western region
On 7 October, the Western Military Region Joint Force under the command of Usama Juwaili and the General Security Services led by Emad Trabelsi...
29 August – 4 September: Major conflict erupts between militias in Tripoli
Major conflict erupted between militias in Tripoli on 27 August that has expanded over the following days into what seems to be a semi-coordinated military campaign aimed at eradicating the power of Tripoli-based militias, by an alliance of forces primarily including Tarhuna, Misrata and Zintan.