by Client Client | May 11, 2026 | Libyan actors
On 11 May, eastern Libya authorities from the Ajdabiya Security Directorate announced the deportation of 120 migrants who ‘had been held by human traffickers south of Benghazi,’ and discovered the bodies of three other migrants washed up on a Mediterranean beach. On...
by Client Client | May 11, 2026 | International actors
The security threats to Search and Rescue (SAR) vessels operating off Libya appears to be getting worse as another vessel comes under live fire from a Libyan vessel, with Europe downplaying the incident. On 11 May, the rescue ship Sea-Watch 5 reportedly came under...
by Client Client | May 11, 2026 | Libyan actors
The Central Bank of Libya (CBL) is calling for a renewed crackdown on black-market currency traders as the price of the dollar rises again. On 11 May, in a letter leaked to the Libyan media, CBL Governor Naji Essa addressed the Minister of the Interior and the heads...
by Client Client | May 8, 2026 | International actors
On 11 May, a joint team from Operation Irini, the EU Delegation to Libya, EUBAM, and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) conducted a technical site survey in Benghazi for the Maritime Rescue Coordination Center (MRCC) project. According to Irini, this included...
by Client Client | May 8, 2026 | Libyan actors
On 8 May in the morning, heavy fighting broke out on the Refinery Road and in the vicinity of the Zawiyya refinery between the ‘joint security forces’ led by Muhammed Bahroun aka al-Far, including the Counter Security Threats Agency and the First Support Force, and...
