18 – 24 March: BDB commander severely injured

On 19 March, a Benghazi Defence Brigade (BDB) commander, Ziyad Belaam, was severely injured while fighting against Libyan National Army (LNA) forces on the Ain Zara axis in southern Tripoli. The LNA’s 155 Battalion had earlier claimed to have “eliminated the targeted...

18 – 24 March: First Covid-19 case reported in Libya

Over the last week, Libyan authorities have taken a number of preventative measures to tackle the spread of Covid-19 and as of the evening of 24 March, the National Centre for Disease Control confirmed the first case of the disease. Reports indicate that the patient...