by Client Client | Aug 15, 2023 | Libyan actors
After the abduction of the 444 Brigade commander Mahmoud Hamza by Aburraouf Kara’s Rada Force on 14 August, fighting continued between those militias and their allies in Tripoli until late in the evening on 15 August. The main battle areas were along the line Tripoli...
by Client Client | Aug 15, 2023 | Libyan actors
On 15 August, media outlets and social media posts reported that Turkey had leased the port of Khoms for 99 years and that the Turkish Armed Forces would use it as a base in the Mediterranean. It is not entirely clear if the message was posted first by Turkish social...
by Client Client | Aug 14, 2023 | Libyan actors
On 14 August, Mahmoud Hamza, the commander of the 444 Brigade, was arrested by the Special Deterrence Force (Rada) at Mitiga Airport while he was on his way to Misrata for a Graduation Ceremony. He was reportedly travelling together with Prime Minister Abdul Hamid...
by Client Client | Aug 13, 2023 | Libyan actors
On 13 August, the General National Maritime Transport Company (GNMTC) issued a statement denouncing the kidnapping of its CEO Khaled al-Tawati by unidentified gunmen. It said they intercepted his car after he left the GNMTC headquarters in the Ghout al-Shaal area of...
by Client Client | Aug 9, 2023 | International actors
On 9 August, the interior ministers of Tunisia and Libya, Kamel Fekih and Emad Trabelsi, reached an agreement in Tunis to end the crisis at the common border and to care for migrants stranded in the border area. The two countries will each take half of the people...
