International actors

On 20 April, the USS Mount Whitney - the flagship and command ship of the United States Sixth Fleet- arrived in Tripoli (following a stop in...

The UN Secretary-General’s report published on 17 April warns that ‘the overall volatile security situation showed signs of further deterioration,...

On 14 April, a Libyan delegation, led by the Director of the Military Intelligence Department (and commander of the 444 Brigade) Mahmoud Hamza, made...

On 14 to 16 April, the Joint Technical Coordination Team on Border Security, composed of security and military officers from across Libya, concluded...

On 11 April, Italy's Minister of Interior (MoI) Matteo Piantedosi organized a quadripartite meeting with Libya, Tunisia, and Algeria in Naples,...

On 11 April, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) announced plans to reduce its presence and operations in...

On 10 April, the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) eased its travel advice, changing it from advising ‘against all travel to...

On 9 April, US Charge d’Affaires Jeremy Berndt met with Libyan National Army (LNA) Khaled Haftar in Benghazi to discuss US Libya security...

Over the last week, the Government of National Unity (GNU) has participated in several international and regional meetings and forums focused on...

On 4 April, the National Council on US Libya Relations (NCUSLR) hosted its 7th annual conference entitled, ‘Libya’s De Facto Partition; What Does...

On 4 April, Saddam Haftar visited Turkey on an official working trip at the invitation of Selçuk Bayraktaroğlu, Chief of the Turkish Land Forces. He...

On 3 April, the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) said that four suspected people smugglers accused of moving migrants across the Mediterranean into...

On 2 April, Internal Security Agency (ISA) spokesman Salem Ghaith said in a press conference that the ISA in Tripoli had taken deterrent measures...

On 28 March, the Italian news outlet Nova reported that an agreement has been signed between the Italian and Libyan Air Forces for the training and...

On 28 March, the Government of National Unity (GNU) Ministry of Interior said that the Libyan authorities have deported several illegal Nigerien...

On 28 March, four Libyan intelligence officers were sentenced to 44 years in prison each in Tunisia by the criminal chamber specialized in terrorism...

On 25 March, Government of National Unity (GNU) Minister of Interior (MoI) Emad Trabelsi met with the UN Deputy SRSG for Humanitarian Affairs Aeneas...

On 22 March, UNSMIL highlighted systematic violations by law enforcement and security forces targeting individuals for political affiliations,...

According to international media reports, the US President Donald Trump is considering implementing a new travel ban involving a complete suspension...

Detectives in Scotland have gotten their hands on fresh evidence from the Qadhafian intelligence services demonstrating a more direct chain of...

On 13 March, UNSMIL said it is ‘deeply concerned with a misinformation campaign that is fuelling tensions in Libya and inciting hate speech against...

It has long been an open secret that the same ‘ghost fleet’ -- that Russia uses to evade the oil price cap sanctions imposed by the Biden...

On 12 March, a British delegation visited Misrata to discuss security cooperation, meeting with Major General Ahmed Hashem, Commander of the 53...

On 11 March, the EU Council extended the mandate of the EUNAVFOR MED Operation Irini by two years, until 31 March 2027, and updated it. The decision...

On 9 March, official talks were held in Benghazi between the Government of National Stability (GNS) PM Osama Hammad and the Deputy Prime Minister of...

On 6 March, Russian Deputy Minister of Defence (MoD) Yunus-bek Yevkurov arrived at Benghazi-Benina International Airport. He was received by the...

On 5 March, Belqassim Khalifa Haftar, Director General of the Libyan Development and Reconstruction Fund, and his accompanying delegation met with...

On 2 March, the American Thinker website posted an article claiming that Government of National Unity (GNU) PM Abdul Hameed Dabaiba had told the US...

On 27 February, the Government of National Unity (GNU) Minister of Interior Emad Trabelsi, and his Italian counterpart, Matteo Piantedosi, met in...

On 26 February, French President Emmanuel Macron received Libyan National Army (LNA) Commander Khalifa Haftar at the Élysée Palace in Paris. They...

On 26 February, the US Air Force carried out an aerial activity in Libya ‘aimed at fostering east-west military integration and enhancing air...

On 26 February, members of the Joint Technical Coordination Team (JTCT) for Border Security – comprising representatives of the military and...

On 25 February, UNSMIL organized a two-day forum with members of the 5+5 Joint Military Commission (JMC), local ceasefire monitors, and members of...

On 23 February, the leader of Niger’s Patriotic Front for Liberation (FPL), Mahmoud Sallah, was apprehended in al-Qatrun in southern Libya by the...

On 21 February, the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) formally requested Pre-Trial Chamber I to issue a ruling...

In her UNSC briefing on 19 February, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo said that ‘the activities of...

On 18 February, Israel National News, also known as Arutz Sheva (‘Channel 7’, an Israeli media network identifying with religious Zionism),...

On 17 February, Libyan National Army (LNA) commander Khalifa Haftar arrived in the Republic of Belarus on an official visit, accompanied by an...

On 14 February, the Russian embassy in Tripoli denied reports that Russian jets with Russian pilots were involved in the recent fighting in the...

On 13 February, Chatham House published a report entitled ‘How migrant smuggling has fuelled conflict in Libya’, a systems analysis of key transit...

On 4 February, U.S. AFRICOM Deputy Commander John W. Brennan, U.S. Chargé d’Affaires Jeremy Berndt, and Rose Lopez Keravuori, Director of...

On 3 February, the UN Panel of Experts Report dated 13 December 2024 and covering the period from 18 July 2023 to 25 October 2024 was released. The...

On 3 February, the Technical Committee to Follow Up the File of Illegal Immigration and Border Security held a coordination meeting with the...

On 3 February, the Libyan British Business Council (LBBC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Libyan Development and Reconstruction...

On 28 January, Italian PM Giorgia Meloni said in a message posted on social media that she had been placed under judicial investigation following a...

On 28 January in the morning, a combat drone of the Turkish Bayraktar Akıncı type crashed in the Suwainiya area, 15 km west of al-Ajilat, south of...

On 28 January, the head of Italy’s foreign intelligence agency (AISE), Giovanni Caravelli, reportedly flew to Tripoli for a meeting with top...

The EU Ambassador Nicola Orlando and his delegation visited Benghazi 24 – 26 January, meeting several key stakeholders. In his meeting with Libyan...

On 21 January in the evening, Osama Najeem (aka al-Masri) was released by the Italian authorities and flown back to Tripoli on board a business jet...

US Charge d’Affaires Jeremy Berndt discussed security cooperation and ‘how the United States can best support Libyan efforts to unify and...

On 19 January, the Italian authorities arrested Osama Najeem (aka al-Masri) in Turin acting on a warrant from the International Criminal Court (ICC)...

On 18 January, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi received Libyan National Army (LNA) Khalifa Haftar in Cairo in the presence of the Director...

On 16 January, the UN Security Council discussed the Sanctions Regime on Libya and adopted resolution 2769 (2025) by a vote of 14 in favour to none...

On 14 January, the Italian Agenzia Nova news agency reported that ‘according to well-informed Libyan sources’, Russia is transferring men and...

On 13 January, the Head of the Criminal Investigation Unit, Mahmoud Ashour al-Ajili, made a working visit to Turkey, accompanied by a delegation of...

On 8 January, acting Government of National Unity (GNU) Minister of Foreign Affairs (MFA) al-Taher al-Baour emphasized that reports of the transfer...

On 5 January, two Russian landing ships and a Ro-Ro (roll-on/ roll off) cargo ship arrived in Tartus, Syria and as of 6 January were being off...

On 29 December, the Italian Council of Ministers approved a draft law ratifying an agreement with Libya allowing the transfer of prisoners between...

On 26 December, the British daily The Telegraph reported that China allegedly planned to send up to 92 armed drones worth USD 1 billion to the...

On 21-22 December, the first regional Military Intelligence Director’s conference for Libya and its neighbouring countries took place in Tripoli....

On 19-20 December, the EU Delegation to Libya and the 5+5 Joint Military Commission (JMC) held two-day consultations in Rome with EUNAVFOR Med’s...

On 19 December, a high-level UNSMIL delegation led by acting SRSG Stephanie Koury visited Kufra to assess the ongoing humanitarian response for...

There has been a flurry of reporting on the possible transfers of Russian resources from Syria to Libya over the last two weeks. On 17 December, the...

In her UNSC address on 16 December, acting SRSG to Libya Stephanie Koury noted that arbitrary arrests and detention persist across the country,...

On 12 December, the Russian Embassy in Libya renewed its warning to Russians not to travel to Libya for personal and tourism-related purposes, as...

Since 11 December, two civilian-registered Russian Il-76TD heavy transport aircraft have been con ducting (almost) daily shuttle flights from Russia...

Acting SRSG to Libya Stephanie Koury met with several key Tripoli-based security officials this week to discuss military unification and promoting...

On 8 December, the regime of Bashir al-Assad in Syria collapsed amid the surprising offensive of various rebel groups. On the same day, the Libyan...

On 3 December, Secretary General of the Libyan National Army (LNA) LTG Khairi al-Tamimi met at the LNA General Command in al-Rajma with a...

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

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...