International actors

On 28 November, the 5+5 Joint Military Commission (JMC) met at the invitation of the Turkish Ministry of Defence (MoD) in Ankara, Turkey, at the HQ...

On 26 November, Russia’s Deputy Minister of Defence Yunus-bek Yevkurov arrived in Benghazi again for a visit. He was welcomed at Benghazi-Benina...

On 26 November, the Colombian newspaper La Silla Vacia published a report in which it stated that there are around 300 Colombian ex-military...

On 24 November, US Special Envoy Richard Norland and Charge d’Affairs Jeremy Berndt visited Sebha, meeting with Libyan National Army (LNA) Ground...

On 21 November, UNSMIL said it had held a meeting on challenges and opportunities in sup porting disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration...

On 18 November, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Karim Khan visited Tripoli. He met with Government of National Unity (GNU)...

On 17 November, the Libyan-Turkish Security Cooperation Committee held its second meeting at the Minisrty of Interior's HQ in Tripoli, chaired by...

Since last week, two Libyan warships – one from each of the navies of the Tripoli-based Libyan Army and the Libyan National Army (LNA) - have...

On 12 November, Tunisia’s Minister of Defense Khaled Sehili declared during a parliamentary session about the defense budget that ‘Tunisia will not...

On 9 November, a delegation from the General Staff of the Libyan Army participated in the 39th meeting of the Executive Committee of the 5+5 Defense...

On 7 November, the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office announced 56 new sanctions against Russia that ‘disrupts the supply of vital...

On 7 November, Secretary General of the Libyan National Army (LNA) General Command, Khairi al-Tamimi, received the Turkish military attaché to Libya...

On 3 November, the National Institution for Human Rights in Libya condemned the content being pub lished across various Libyan advertising platforms...

On 27 October, the Head of EU Border Assistance Mission (EUBAM) in Libya Jan Vyčítal signed a contract to undertake the maintenance and...

On 22 October, both Government of National Unity (GNU) Minister of Interior (MoI) Emad Trabelsi and Chief of Staff of Libyan National Army (LNA)...

On 20 and 21 October, the French Ambassador Mostafa Mihraje held several meetings in Benghazi. He discussed political and security developments with...

On 15 October, EU Ambassador to Libya Nicola Orlando said that 14 embassies of migrants’ countries of origin joined the second edition of the EU...

On 15 October, Presidential Council head Muhammed al-Menfi received the members of the 5+5 Joint Military Committee (JMC) to discuss the results of...

On 15-17 October, the African Defense Ministers conference was held at the Adwa Memorial Museum in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa. The conference,...

During her UNSC briefing on 9 October, Acting UN Envoy to Libya Stephanie Koury stressed that ‘human rights violations across Libya remain alarming....

On 9 October, during his visit to the US, House of Representatives (HoR) Speaker Aqeela Saleh commented on the presence of Russian mercenaries in...

On 8 October, Greek Migration and Asylum Minister Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos said there has been a significant increase of arrivals of migrants in...

On 6 October, US Charge D’Affaires Jeremy Berndt met in Benghazi with Khaled Haftar as part of the US’ ‘ongoing engagement with Libyan military...

On 4 October, the Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) granted the Prosecutor’s request to unseal six arrest warrants...

From 3-4 October, the G7 interior minister meeting was held in Mirabella Eclano in Italy. Ministers of the ‘outreach countries’ Libya, Algeria, and...

On 30 September, in preparation for the Security Working Group meeting scheduled for 17 October in Sirte, Acting UN Envoy to Libya Stephanie Koury...

On 26 September, a US court ruled that Ahmed Abu Khatallah, the Libyan militia leader convicted for his role in the deadly 2012 terrorist attack on...

The Attorney General said that several members of criminal gangs from Nigeria, who infiltrated Libya and engaged in transnational organized crime,...

On 23 September, Prime Minister Abdul Hameed Dabaiba received Celeste Wallander, US Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Affairs, as...

On 23 September, Celeste Wallander, US Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Affairs, and a US delegation met with Libyan National Army...

On 23 September, the Turkish Ambassador met with the Ministry of Interior in Tripoli to discuss security in Libya and enhance training and equipment...

On 18 September, acting UN Envoy to Libya Stephanie Koury visited Rome, Italy. She met with Pasquale Ferrara, Director General for Political Affairs...

In an interview with Sputnik on 17 September, House of Representatives (HoR) Speaker Aqeela Saleh said that the rapprochement between Egypt and...

On 10 September, as part of the ongoing efforts to clear illegal gold mining sites in the Kalinga region, one of the sites where hazardous materials...

In the evening of 6 September, the coastal road was closed at the entrance of Khoms and tires were set on fire to protest the long hours of...

On 5 September, the chief of the Turkish National Intelligence Organization (MİT) İbrahim Kalın and his deputy Jamal al-Din Çalık visited Tripoli....

On 30 August, heavy fighting between the Libyan National Army (LNA) and rebels from Chad took place in the area of the gold mines in the border...

On 28 August, Government of National Stability (GNS) Prime Minister Osama Hammad paid an official visit to Nouakchott, Mauritania, where he held...

On 27 August, US Charge d’Affaires Jeremy Berndt and US AFRICOM Commander Michael Langley met with Libyan National Army (LNA) Commander Khalifa...

On 22 August, UNSMIL issued a press release expressing its concern about the increasing tensions and the mobilization of armed forces in Tripoli. It...

On 20 August, Acting UN Special Envoy to Libya Stephanie Koury briefed the UN Security Council on the situation in Libya, noting a rapid...

On 18 August, the Libyan National Army's (LNA) 128 Brigade reiterated its mission to combating organized crime, eliminate gangs involved in human...

On 16 August, the Secretary General of the Libyan National Army (LNA), Khairi al-Tamimi, met with the Minister of Interior of Niger, General Mohamed...

On 15 August, the White River Court in South Africa decided to withdraw the case against the 95 Libyans who were arrested at a suspected military...

On 12 August, the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan submitted to the Turkish parliament a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Turkey and...

On 12 and 13 August, Libyan Army Chief of Staff (CoS) Muhammed al-Haddad and his delegation of six officers/senior civilians of the Libyan Army...

On 10 August, UNSMIL strongly condemned the fighting in Tajoura and welcomed the efforts to de-escalate the situation. Other countries such as the...

On 9 August, UNSMIL said in a statement that it is observing with concern the recent mobilization of forces in various parts of Libya, particularly...

On 8 August, US Special Envoy to Libya Richard Norland met with Central Bank of Libya (CBL) Governor Sadiq al-Kabir to discuss the ‘latest...

On the evening of 3 August, protesters entered the operation room at Sharara oil field in southwest Libya and instructed staff to reduce production....

On 26 July, 95 men - all Libyans - were taken into custody during a police raid on an apparently illegal military training camp in White River,...

On 17 July, the Government of National Unity (GNU) hosted the Trans-Mediterranean Migration Forum (TMMF) in Tripoli with the aim of discussing...

U.S. AFRICOM Deputy Commander John Brennan, U.S. Special Operations Command Africa Commander Ronald Foy, and US Chargé d’Affaires Jeremy Berndt held...

On 16 July, the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Sergei Lavrov met with the Government of National Unity (GNU) Minister of Foregin Affairs...

On 14 July, Government on National Unity (GNU) Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Abdul Hameed Dabaiba received the Chief of Staff (CoS) of the...

On 11 July, acting UN Envoy to Libya Stephanie Koury co-chaired the Security Working Group emanated from the Berlin Process, alongside co-chairs...

On 9 July, Saddam Khalifa Haftar officially visited Burkina Faso as a special envoy of his father, Libyan National Army (LNA) Commander Khalifa...

On 2 July, the Italian Guardia di Finanza confirmed in a statement that a total ofsix containers coming from China and destined for Libya were...

On 2 July, NOC denied reports in the British Sunday Times that the NOC was involved in the attempt to smuggle combat drones from China to Benghazi....

On 30 June, the Timesreported that the authorities at Gioia Tauro port in Calabria in southern Italy impounded another shipment of more than three...

On 28 June, US Africa Command (AFRICOM) commander Michael Langely and the US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Charles Brown met with Libyan...

On 26 June, a Tunisian army patrol was shot at by unknown assailants near Remada in Tunisia, close to the border with Libya. One soldier was killed....

On 19 June, during a UNSC meeting about Sudan’s civil war, Sudan's UN Ambassador al-Harith Idris accused the Libyan National Army's (LNA) Subul...

On 18 June, the Italian authorities in Gioia Tauro, Calabria, inspected and seized some containers on the cargo ship MSC Arina at the request of the...

The Libyan National Army (LNA) Navy said that on 16 June, two Russian warships, the guided missile cruiser Varyag (Slava class, commissioned in...

On 12 June, the Minister of Interior (MoI) of Tunisia Khaled al-Nuwairi met with Prime Minister Abdul Hameed Dadaiba, MoI Emad Trabelsi and Minister...

On 7 June, Prime Minister Abdul Hameed Dabaiba had a phone call with Tunisian President Qais Saeed in which they discussed the situation at Ras...

French Ambassador to Libya Mostafa Mihraje spent several days in the East, leading a delegation of around 10 French companies to Benghazi and Derna...

On 31 May, the UNSC voted to extend the mandate of EUNAVFOR MED Operation Irini, with six members (including Russia and China) abstaining. The UNSC...

On 31 May, Russian Deputy Minister of Defence (MoD) Yunus-bek Yevkurov and his delegation arrived in Benghazi for a working visit. He was received...

On 30 and 31 May, UNSMIL held a workshop in Tunis which brought together representatives from the Government of National Unity (GNU) Ministries of...

On 29 and 30 May, the Libyan Army Chief of Staff (CoS) Muhammed Haddad led a Libyan military delegation to participate in the Turkish military...

On 25-26 May, the African-European Conference on Migration, organized by the Government of National Stability (GNS), took place in Benghazi. In his...

On 24 May, information about a meeting of representatives from France, the USA, Italy and the UK in Paris was leaked. The aim of the meeting was to...

On 21 May, it was reported that the Government of National Unity's (GNU) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) had submitted the week before a note of...

On 16 May, UK Ambassador to Libya Martin Longden met with Libyan National Army (LNA) commander Khalifa Haftar in Benghazi, stressing that all...

On 14 May, the Dar al-Ifta issued a statement in which it said that the Russian armed presence on Libyan soil is considered ‘an occupation and an...

On 14 May, the International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Khan briefed the UN Security Council (UNSC) on Libya, noting that the ICC had...

On 10 May, the US Embassy thanked a Libyan Navy delegation for participating in US Naval Forces Africa’s 2nd annual African Maritime Forces Summit...

On 8 May, the German Search and rescue organisation Sea Watch launched an aerial surveillance mission from the Italian island of Lampedusa, in...

On 7 May, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni arrived in Tripoli to meet with Prime Minister Abdul Hameed Dabaiba. They discussed issues of mutual...

On 7 May, the Russian Special Envoy for MENA and Africa, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Mikhail Bogdanov, received the Chief of Staff of the...

On 7 May, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni travelled to Benghazi where she met Libyan National Army (LNA) Commander Khalifa Haftar. According...

On 6 May, the US Embassy said that last week, a delegation of military officials from throughout Libya participated in the African Land Forces...

On 5 May, Prime Minister Abdul Hameed Dabaiba met with Government of National Unity (GNU) Minister of Interior Emad Trabelsi to discuss progress at...

On 2 May, Government of National Unity (GNU) Minister of Interior (MoI) Emad Trabelsi led a delegation from Libya to an International Coordination...

EU Operation IRINI released its figures for April 2024, noting it had inspected 628 ships by radio call and had inspected eight ships on board with...

On 29 April, US Special Envoy Richard Norland and US Charge d’Affaires Jeremy Berndt met with Osama Assed, Director of the Libya Centre for...

On 26 April, the French site ‘Africa Intelligence’ said that Paris intends to host representatives of the US, UK and Italian foreign and defense...

On 24 April, Libya’s Grand Mufti Sadiq al-Ghariyani said on his Tanasuh TV channel that the presence of Russian Wagner/ Africa Corp fighters in...

On 23 April, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) charged two men in Montreal with participating in a conspiracy to sell Chinese-made drones and...

On 22 April, Russian Ambassador to Libya Aydar Aganin flew to Tripoli, meeting with the Government of National Unity (GNU) Acting Minister of...

On 21 April, UNSMIL said it was deeply saddened by the death of activist Siraj Dughman while in custody at Rajma military camp. The mission urged...

On 17 April, Russian Ambassador to Libya Aydar Aganin met with the Chief of Staff of the Libyan National Army's (LNA) Security Units Khaled Haftar,...

Reports indicate that Russia continues to deliver military shipments to Tubruq. Two Russian landing vessels (the Ivan Gren and the Alexandr...

In remarks to the UNSC on 16 April, US Ambassador Robert Wood said that, ‘We are closely monitoring the situation in Niger, Chad, Sudan, and Mali –...

On 14 April, a video was widely circulated on social media showing military vehicles, weapons and military equipment being unloaded from a vessel in...

On 10 April, twenty-two Maltese organisations and academics called on the Malta government to stop pushing back people at sea to Libya, following...

On 9 April, Africa Intelligence, Nova Agency and several other news sites reported that the American private military company Amentum had begun...

On 3 April, the Irish Times reported that former members of the elite Army Ranger Wing within the Irish Defence Forces have been training troops...