by Client Client | Aug 20, 2021 | Libyan actors
This week, there have been a series of mobilisations in and around the strategic town of al-Shuwayrif in south-western Libya by Libyan National Army (LNA) forces and Tripoli’s 444 Brigade. On 17 August, the 444 Brigade carried out a security operation in...
by Client Client | Aug 19, 2021 | International actors
On 19 August, Government of National Unity Minister of Foreign Affairs, Najla Mangoush, met with the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow. In a press conference, Lavrov appealed to the ‘friendship and cooperation’ between the two countries and spoke of...
by Client Client | Aug 18, 2021 | International actors
On 18 August, following military activity in Al-Shwayrif, the UN Support Mission for Libya (UNSMIL), called on Libyan parties ‘to refrain from any mobilization or deployment of security elements and troops that may be perceived as an escalation and may undermine the...
by Client Client | Aug 18, 2021 | ISIS
On 19 August, Vladimir Voronkov, the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism, issued a report on the threat posed by ISIS, stating that ISIS’ West Africa affiliate (Islamic State’s West Africa Province) could receive foreign...
by Client Client | Aug 18, 2021 | Libyan actors
On 18 August, GNU Prime Minister Abdul Hameed Dabaiba, met with members of the 5+5 Joint Military Commission (JMC), including Major General Abu Shahma. Dabaiba called for greater coordination, stressing that decisions must be ‘consistent with the government’s plan’....
