International actors

On 2 June, thousands of illegal migrants were deported to Egypt amid unrest in Umm Sa'ad on the Egyptian border. As of 4 June, about 2,200 illegal...

On 31 May, High State Council (HSC) Chair Khaled Al-Mishri spoke with the Turkish Ambassador to Libya Kenan Yilmaz about the security situation in...

On 29 May, the US said it is closely monitoring the situation ‘with concern amid reports of weapons being used in civilian areas.’ It called on...

On 26 May, UNSMIL said that it was ‘in contact with the concerned national authorities’ about the airstrikes in Zawiyya and would continue to...

On 24 May, UN Special Envoy to Libya Abdoulaye Bathily and Turkish Ambassador to Libya Kenan Yilmaz co-chaired the first plenary session of the...

On 22 May, GNU Chief of Staff Muhammad al-Haddad led a high-level military delegation to Rome, where he met with Italy’s Chief of the Defense Staff,...

On 21 May, Libyan National Army (LNA) Commander Khalifa Haftar received French ambassador to Libya Mustafa Maharaj in his office in Benghazi, where...

On 17 May, Government of National Unity (GNU) Prime Minister Abdul Hameed Dabaiba met with a high-level Egyptian intelligence delegation to follow...

On 17 May, a Middle East Eye report citing sources from Darfuri rebel factions, who maintain a presence in Libya’s southern region, said that Libyan...

On 11 May, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Khan, briefed the UN Security Council on the prosecution of alleged...

On 10 May, a member of Sudan's Sovereignty Council, Yasser al-Atta, stated that they have received conflicting information that Libyan National Army...

On 5 May, the Deputy Head of the United States Mission to Libya, Leslie Ordeman, said the embassy recognised Libyan participants in a US...

In an interview with Deutsche Welle published on 5 May, the UN Envoy to Sudan Volker Perthes stated that he could say ‘very little about the role of...

On 3 May, the US Defence Attaché Mark Imblum led a US delegation to meet with a delegation of Libyan military leaders in Tripoli led by the Chief of...

On 3 May, the Libyan National Army's (LNA) Chief of Staff General Abdurrazaq al-Nadhouri held a meeting with the French Military Attaché and his...

On 27 April, US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, Barbara Leaf, said she spoke with Libyan National Army (LNA) Commander...

On 26 April, US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, Barbara Leaf, spoke with the Government of National Unity's Foreign Minister...

On 19 April, the Wall Street Journal reported that Libyan National Army (LNA) Commander Khalifa Haftar had sent at least one shipment of ammunition...

On 19 April, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) announced its seizure of a strategic military base belonging to the rival Rapid Support Forces (RSF)...

On 18 April, UN Envoy to Libya Abdoulaye Bathily briefed the UN Security Council on developments in Libya. He noted the significant symbolic value...

On 17 April, the Government of National Stability (GNS) expressed concerns over the situation in Khartoum as fierce clashes between Sudan's army and...

On 16 April, a Tripoli court launched an investigation into administrative irregularities at Canadian security contractor Garda World, resulting in...

On 15 April, the Government of National Unity (GNU) said it was following the ‘unfortunate events’ taking place in Khartoum, urging all parties to...

On 12 April, several employees of Canadian security contractor GardaWorld were arrested at Mitiga Airport in Tripoli by the Special Deterrence...

On 8 April, US Special Envoy for Libya Richard Norland welcomed the security meeting held by the 5+5 Joint Military Commission (JMC) in Benghazi...

On 5 April, UN Special Envoy to Libya Abdoulaye Bathily concluded his first official visit to Libya’s southern neighbours, Sudan, Niger and Chad,...

On 3 April, UN Special Envoy to Libya Abdoulaye Bathily met in Niamey with the President of the Republic of Niger, Mohamed Bazoum, who commended the...

On 1 April, Italian Rear Admiral Valentino Rinaldi took over tactical command of the European Naval Force Operation IRINI operating in the Central...

On 31 March, UN Special Envoy to Libya Abdoulaye Bathily met in N’Djamena with the Transitional President of Chad, Mahamat Idriss Déby. President...

On 30 March, UN Special Envoy to Libya Abdoulaye Bathily started an official tour to visit Sudan, Chad and Niger as part of UNSMIL’s mandate to...

On 27 March, the UN Fact-Finding Mission (FFM) on Libya issued its final report expressing deep concern over the country’s deteriorating human...

On 26 March, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said that UN inspectors visiting southern Libya had found drums containing natural...

On 20 March, the Council of the European Union (EU) extended the mandate of operation IRINI until 31 March 2025.

On 20 March, US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf accompanied a delegation headed by Special Envoy Richard Norland...

On 20 – 23 March, the US Naval Forces Europe-Africa held the inaugural African Maritime Forces Summit in Cape Verde focusing on ‘security at sea...

On 16 March, the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) and the UK (in its role as the current lead co-chair of the Security Working Group of the...

On 12 March, a boat carrying 47 people from eastern Libya towards Italy capsized due to bad weather in the central Mediterranean about 177km north...

On 9 March, the Government of National Unity (GNU) Army Chief of Staff, Muhammed al-Haddad, met with the Chief of Staff of Algerian People's...

On 3 March, reports indicated that the Government of National Unity (GNU) Minister of Interior, Emad Trabelsi, was temporarily detained at the...

On 2 March, the EU naval force Operation EUNAVFOR MED IRINI said that in February 2023 it had investigated 271 merchant vessels via radio calls (out...

The Government of National Unity (GNU) Minister of Interior, Emad Trabelsi, gave a speech on 1 March at the fortieth session of the Council of Arab...

From 27 February to 2 March, the Government of National Unity (GNU) Army Chief of Staff, Muhammed al-Haddad, and the Libyan National Army (LNA)...

On 27 February it was reported that private sources informed the international Arabic news television channel Al-Arabiya about a proposal for Egypt...

On 20 February, the Libyan National Army (LNA) commander Khalifa Haftar visited Abu Dhabi, meeting with UAE Deputy Prime Minister Mansour bin Zayed...

Over the course of the last few weeks, the EU’s Border Assistance Mission in Libya (EUBAM) has launched a number of initiatives. On 12 February,...

On 6 February, EU Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi attended the handover ceremony of the first of five EU-financed search and rescue vessels to the...

On 3 February, The Associated Press and the Wall Street Journal claimed that regional officials from Libya, Egypt, and Sudan have stated that the US...

On 31 January, UN Special Envoy to Libya and the head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Abdoulaye Bathily, met with the...

On 28 January, a statement from the Libyan National Army's (LNA) Al-Karama Military Operation Room surfaced online claiming that the LNA had...

On 28 January, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, along with her Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani and Minister of Interior Matteo Biantidosi,...

On 22 January, a group of Chadian fighters from the Union of Forces for Democracy and Development (UFDD) - which is affiliated with the Libyan...

On 17 January, the Head of Turkish Intelligence, Hakan Fidan, met with the Government of National Unity (GNU) Prime Minister, Abdul Hameed Dabaiba,...

On 15 January, UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG), Abdoulaye Bathily, chaired a two-day meeting of the 5+5 Joint Military...

On 12 January, US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director Williams Burns arrived in Tripoli to meet with the Government of National Unity (GNU)...

The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) released a statement soon after the House of Representatives (HoR) Speaker Aqeela Saleh and the High State...

On 30 December, the Libyan Coast Guard reported that they had intercepted a boat carrying at least 700 migrants off the coast of Moura, 90km west of...

On 29 December, Syrian media reported that a Libyan pilot was killed when an L-39 jet crashed in the vicinity of Kuweires Military Airport, east of...

On 28 December 2022, the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) released a statement rejecting ‘fake news’ that UN Special Representative of the...

On 16 December, UN Special Envoy to Libya and Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Abdoulaye Bathily, addressed the UN Security Council...

On 15 December, the Maltese newspaper MaltaToday reported that a group of 14 British private military contractors (PMCs) were intercepted by Maltese...

On 6 December, the international NGO Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), also known as Doctors without Borders, announced that they had rescued 90...

On 3 December, Bloomberg reported that Russian vessels had been exporting grain from Russian-occupied areas in Ukraine to Libya and Iran. According...

On 1 December, the Government of National Unity (GNU) Prime Minister, Abdul Hameed Dabaiba, met with the UN Special Envoy to Libya, Abdoulaye...

On 28 November, the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) reported that the UN Deputy Envoy for Political Affairs in Libya Raisedon Zenenga attended...

On 25 November, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported that European Union (EU) interior ministers agreed on a plan to improve cooperation on migrant...

On 19 November, Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Tajani, said that Italy is seeking to provide police patrol...

On 15 November, UN Special Envoy to Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily, addressed the UN Security Council (UNSC). He asserted that ‘there is an increasing...

On 10 November, the US Embassy to Libya released a statement detailing the visit of US Special Envoy, Richard Norland, to Libya from 8-10 November...

On 9 November, the European Union’s Operation EUNAVFOR MED IRINI announced that on 11 October it had conducted an inspection of the merchant vessel...

On 28 October, the United National Security Council (UNSC) voted unanimously to extend the United Nations Support Mission in Libya’s (UNSMIL)...

On 25 October, during a visit to Istanbul, the Government of National Unity (GNU) Prime Minister, Abdul Hameed Dabaiba, signed two military...

On 15 October, the Commander of the Turkish forces in the Western Region, Colonel Osman Itaj, inspected military camps in Misrata.

On 14 October, new Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission Libya (UNSMIL),...

On 12 October, the Head of Egyptian Intelligence, Major General Abbas Kamel, met with the head of the Libyan National Army (LNA), Khalifa Haftar, in...

On 7 October, at least 15 migrants and asylum-seekers were killed in Sabratha. Eleven charred bodies were found inside a docked boat with a further...

On 5 October, Russian Envoy to the Middle East and Africa, Mikhail Bogdanov, told the media that Moscow is looking to restore its presence in Libya...

On 5 October, two Turkish Air Force (TAF) aircraft departed from Etimesgut Air Base, near Ankara and landed in Libya. One aircraft landed at Libya’s...

On 2 October, a video was published on Libyan media of hundreds of military vehicles at Aqaba port, Jordan, reportedly destined for eastern Libya....

On 28 September, a British amphibious assault ship, HMS Albion, docked in Tripoli port as part of the UK’s Operation Achillean. While the ship was...

On 28 September, the UN announced that Senegalese political and diplomat, Abdoulaye Bathily, had officially assumed his duties as the new Special...

On 23 September, the P3+2 (US, UK, France, Germany, and Italy) issued a joint statement following a meeting of representative on the margins of the...

On 20 September, the Egyptian Air Force (EAF) reportedly conducted airstrikes on Libyan National Army (LNA) units in Rabyanah, south-eastern Libya....

On 19 September, a Sudan Liberation Movement-affiliated armed group attacked Zillah's police station, located in southwest Libya. The attack was...

On 12 September, Albanian police reportedly intercepted and seized a tanker, the Queen Majeda, containing about 2,275 tons of smuggled diesel at...

On 11 September, the Government of National Unity (GNU) issued a decree to create a new embassy compound east of Mitiga Air Base in central Tripoli....

On 8 and 9 September, Ambassadors to Libya from the P3+2+2 countries, composed of the US, UK, France, Italy, Germany, Turkey and Egypt met in Berlin...

On 6 September, during the 58th session of the Arab League's Council of Arab Foreign Ministers, the Egyptian delegation swiftly departed the meeting...

On 3 September, according to the US Embassy, US Ambassador Richard Norland held a call with the Government of National Stability (GNS) Prime...

On 2 September, UN Secretary-General António Guterres announced that the Senegalese politician and diplomat Abdoulaye Bathily had been appointed as...

On 27 August, the UN along with several other international states including the US, UK, France, and Italy issued statements expressing concerns...

On 22 August, the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Libya to the UN, Taher Sunni, met with the Permanent Representative of China to the UN...

On 22 August, the US Department of State issued a statement expressing that it was deeply concerned by threats of violent confrontation in Tripoli...

On 22 August, a US drone, identified as a MQ-9 Reaper, was shot down near Benghazi. According to a US Africa Command (AFRICOM) spokesperson,...

On 18 August, Turkey’s Deputy Head of Intelligence, Jamal al-Din Çalık, met with the Head of the Libyan Intelligence Service along with other...

On 14 August, Senegalese politician and diplomat, Abdoulaye Bathily, is alleged to have been nominated as a possible new UN Special Envoy to Libya...

On 12 August, Zintani commander, Osama Juwaili, reportedly travelled to Ankara to meet with Turkish officials. The nature of the discussions is...

On 10 August, the GNU- affiliated Libyan Army Chief of General Staff, Mohammed Haddad met with a delegation from the UK’s Ministry of Defence and...

On 10 August, the GNU-affiliated Libyan Special Forces and the Air Force conducted a tactical military exercise at Mitiga military base in the...

On 2 August, the European Union's Operation IRINI released their results report for July 2022. They reported 74 merchant ships were investigated via...

On 1 August, 9 Syrian mercenaries believed to be part of the Constitution Protection Force under the Government of National Unity) Ministry of...