Libyan actors

On 4 October, speaking at the 17th meeting of the Chiefs of Defence of the 5+5 Defence Initiative in Tunis, the Libyan Army Chief of Staff Muhammed...

On 2 October in the evening, the ‘Misrata Against Injustice’ movement announced the arrest of activists Abdurrahman al-Fadhil and al-Mahdi...

On 2 October, the Stabilization Support Agency (SSA) reactivated a key security checkpoint along the Abu Kammash–Ras Ajdir road, the main border...

On 1 October, Libyan security units affiliated with the Government of National Unity (GNU) Ministry of Interior (MoI) closed the Masheer Currency...

On 1 October, Presidential Council (PC) head Muhammed al-Menfi and Government of National Unity (GNU) PM Abdul Hameed Dabaiba launched the...

On 30 September, a young man was killed by gunmen in a drive-by shooting on the Coastal Road in al-Harsha, Zawiyya. On 2 October, the body of an...

Anger and violence against migrants in Misrata spiked this week after the kidnapping of an anti-migrant activist in the city. On 25 September, the...

On 22 September, an expanded security meeting took place about the situation at Mitiga airport. It was chaired by Major General Mahmoud Saeed,...

On several days throughout the last week, troops from Misrata - including a number of armoured vehicles - deployed to the capital area, while others...

On 22 September in the evening, armed clashes erupted in Sabratha’s Dahman district after an RPG strike near a house owned by a local militia leader...

On 17 September, PM Abdul Hameed Dabaiba issued two decrees to advance the implementation of Tripoli’s Turkish-brokered security agreement, with a...

On 17 September, the Government of National Unity (GNU) said that Brigadier General Abdul Fattah Daboub officially assumed his duties as head of the...

Despite ceasefire arrangements nominally being in place, inter-militia violence and skirmishes have continued to take place in and around Tripoli...

On 14 September, PM Abdul Hameed Dabaiba named Major General Abdel Fattah Abdulqasim Daboub as head of the Judicial Police Department, just hours...

On 13 September, an agreement - sponsored by the Presidential Council (PC) and brokered by Turkish intelligence - was reached between Government of...

On 11 September, the Attorney General said that authorities have detained a suspect accused of murdering three members of the 136th Battalion of the...

On 10 September, Tripoli’s Council of Elders and Notables condemned the Stabilization Support Agency (SSA), labeling it a militia, and urged the...

On 9 September, in a bid to counter the tense situation in Tripoli, the Youth Uprising Movement called for a major demonstration in Tripoli on the...

On 6 September, the former head of the Government of National Unity (GNU) Ministry of Oil and Gas (MoOG), and former Chairman of the Zueitina Oil...

On 4 September, the Office of the Attorney General (AG), initiated a public lawsuit regarding a corruption incident involving the falsification of...

Tensions remained high in Tripoli throughout the last week, with continued mobilisations and localized clashes. However, there has not been a major...

On 2 September early in the evening, there was an explosion outside the 444 Brigade base in Bani Walid, about 80 metres away from the main gate on a...

In the evening of 31 August, an explosion in a large ammunition depot of the Joint Operations Force in Misrata – in al-Sikkirat, a residential area...

In the evening of 30 August, four power-generating units at the Zawiyya power station stopped operating due to an unidentified group shutting down...

In an obvious reaction to the ongoing military buildup in Tripoli, the Libyan National Army (LNA) has reportedly deployed a significant number of...

On 28 August, an explosion occurred inside a power station in al-Kremiya in southern Tripoli. The power station was severely damaged. It is not...

On 28 August, violent clashes erupted in the city of Zawiyya after a young man from the al-Awis clan was killed in an ambush by a member of the...

On 28 August, later in the afternoon, the 55th (Wershefana) Battalion led by Muhammar al-Dhawi, declared a state of alert and mobilized all its...

The Government of National Unity (GNU) and pro-Dabaiba forces have ramped up their pressure against Rada, demanding they hand over Mitiga Airport....

Various social and political groups, as well as key security figures, have condemned or protested against the mobilisations and war-footing of the...

Since SRSG Hanna Tetteh presented UNSMIL’s new Libya roadmap to the UN Security Council on 21 August (which notably includes provision for a new,...

On 21 August, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported that from 1 January 2025 until 16 August 2025, 14,554 migrants were...

Over the course of the last week, there were again a number of violent incidents in Tripoli. On 19 August, the Tripoli Security Directorate Support...

On 18 August, the House of Representatives (HoR) held an official session chaired by the Speaker Aqeela Saleh, in the presence of First Deputy...

"On 16 August, the High National Elections Commission (HNEC) announced that voting had begun that morning to elect 26 municipal councils out of the...

On 16 August, the day of the local elections, the Tripoli Security Directorate reinforced its presence at polling stations across the capital....

On 15 August early in the morning, the West Coast Electoral Administration Office, located in al-Ajilat, and the electoral commission office in...

On 14 August, Tubruq experienced a complete blackout which lasted through to the next day in many parts of the city due to an explosion at one of...

On 13 August, a patrol from the Tripoli Security Directorate Support Force was attacked with a rocket-propelled grenade in Tripoli at the entrance...

On 12 August in the early morning, the office of the High National Elections Commission (HNEC) in the Kadusha area of Zliten was attacked with...

On 11 August, Government of National Unity (GNU) PM Abdul Hameed Dabaiba reportedly urged the implementation of a package of measures within 72...

On 10 August, during his speech during an event to celebrate the 85th anniversary of the founding of the Libyan armed forces, Libyan National Army...

On 10 August, the spokesperson for the Libyan National Army (LNA) , Khalifa al-Obeidi, categorically denied reports of an alleged secret agreement...

On 6 August, Government of National Stability (GNS) Prime Minister Osama Hammad used the opening of the ‘International Conference on Transnational...

On 5 August, the head of the Tripoli Security Directorate, Khalil Wahiba, confirmed the launch of a comprehensive plan to secure all petrol stations...

The Government of National Unity (GNU) Ministry of Interior and the various new security committees designated with securing the capital and...

This week, the Government of National Unity (GNU) launched a series of drone attacks against the western coastal cities as part of an anti-people...

On 28 July in the morning, there was an armed altercation between the al-Lefaa and al-Dalio families in the Awlad Essa area of Wershefana, west of...

On 26 July, residents of Hay Andalus in western Tripoli issued a public statement calling for urgent action to address the growing presence of...

The Government of National Unity (GNU) Minister of Communication Walid al-Lafi wrote two opinion pieces about tackling migration in western media...

On 22 July, IOM revealed that Libya is currently host to 867,055 migrants from 44 nationalities. More than half are residing in Tripolitania, 35% in...

On 20 July, the High National Elections Commission (HNEC) issued a decision suspending elections in eleven municipalities that had been scheduled to...

Libya´s Anti-Illegal Immigration Agency has further increased its efforts to deport illegal migrants throughout the country. Among others, 800...

PM Abdul Hameed Dabaiba has continued to push the narrative that he is in control of the situation in Tripoli and is bringing the armed groups under...

On 12 July, a brief but intense armed clash erupted in the al-Khatatba area of Sabratha between local youths, reportedly farmers and members of the...

On 9 July, the Attorney General’s Office said that following the lifting of the procedural restriction on the case of Osama Al-Masri al-Najeem, it...

Throughout the last two weeks, inter-militia clashes and violence have continued in and around Tripoli, although there has not been a major...

The Attorney General's Office and Government of National Unity (GNU) Ministry of Justice (MoJ) have released new details on its ongoing...

In early July, Western Mountain Military District forces under Zintani commander Osama al-Juwaili took control of Ghadames and the surrounding area...

On 6 July in the evening, PM Abdul Hameed Dabaiba gave a lengthy tv interview in which he reaffirmed his government's commitment to restoring state...

On 3 July, it was revealed that Tebu tribal leader Hassan Moussa Keley was arrested by the Libyan National Amry (LNA) in mid-June in the oasis town...

On 2 July, Presidential Council (PC) head Muhammed al-Menfi held a meeting with military leaders, including Libyan Army Chief of Staff Muhammed...

The arbitrary detention of a prominent activist by the Internal Security Agency (ISA) and his subsequent death after being interrogated by the...

On 27 June, the Souq al-Jumaa Movement called again for mass protests against the Government of National Unity (GNU) that same day on Martyr's...

On 26 June, Al-Ittihad football fans staged intense protests in Tripoli’s Bab Bin Ghashir and al-Sabaa areas, blocking roads, burning tires, and...

Tensions have continued this week between Rada and the Judicial Police on one side, and PM Abdul Hameed Dabaiba and pro-Dabaiba groups on the other....

This week has seen the official launch of a joint security plan in the Tripoli and the deployment of the Tripoli Security Directorate Support Force....

Tensions have continued to build in Tripoli through the week as a result of the newly-appointed Stabilization Support Apparatus (SSA) commander...

On 23 June, the ‘Movement of the Will of the People’ called for a protest on 24 June in front of the UN mission headquarters in Janzour and a sit-in...

On 19 June, the Attorney General announced the arrest of Abdul Majeed al-Darrat al-Misrati, one of the main suspects involved in the November 2013...

On 19 June, an explosion at a temporary electrical unit in Derna caused a fire and significant power outages across several key areas of the city....

On 18 June, 123 Bangladeshi migrants from Tripoli were repatriated via a special chartered flight with coordination between the Embassy of...

This week, Government of National Unity (GNU) PM Abdul Hameed Dabaiba and Presidential Council (PC) head Mohamed al-Menfi have continued to focus on...

In the evening of 18 June, a highly anticipated derby between Al-Ahly Tripoli and Al-Ittihad in Libya’s top football league descended into chaos...

The Souq al-Jumaa Movement called for renewed mass protests in Tripoli against the Dabaiba-led Government of National Unity (GNU). Accusing the...

Grand Mufti Sadiq al-Ghariyani has publicly called on Dabaiba to launch an offensive against the Special Deterrence Force (Rada) in Tripoli, with...

On 12 June, the Government of National Unity (GNU) Minister of Interior Emad Trabelsi tasked the head of the Criminal Investigation Department to...

This week, the Presidential Council (PC) ramped up efforts to sustain the ceasefire, reduce military movements in the capital and restructure...

On 10 June, the so-called ‘Steadfastness Convoy’ entered Libya from Tunisia, travelling eastwards with the aim of crossing into Egypt and then...

The Attorney General’s Office announced the outcomes of various investigations into incidents linked to the recent Tripoli clashes, with several...

On 9 June, just after midnight, the Zintani-led Public Security Force established a checkpoint at al Qadisiyah Island, the crossing of two important...

On 8 June, the Attorney General detained four men on suspicion of murdering the citizen Murad Mansour al-Madkhour al-Werfelli in Benghazi. On 5...

On 6 June, the Department for Combating Illegal Migration in Benghazi has announced the implementation of new regulatory measures under which...

On 5 June, fighting with heavy infantry weapons erupted in Sabratha between local militias of the Dabbashi clan on one side and the (Zawiyya) First...

Early this week, PM Abdul Hameed Dabaiba and Presidential Council (PC) head Muhammed al-Menfi formed a temporary security committee and a human...

PM Abdul Hameed Dabaiba continued his series of meetings with representatives of municipalities and tribal leaders of northern Tripolitania. During...

On 31 May, a joint human rights team from the National Foundation for Human Rights in Libya and the Human Rights Committee of the High State Council...

On 31 May, five T-55 main battle tanks were deployed from Misrata to Tripoli. The 444 Brigade has redeployed most of its troops from the al-Hamada...

On 29 May, Attorney General al-Sadiq al-Sour announced the establishment of two investigation committees. The first will investigate complaints...

On 28 May in the evening, fighting with light infantry weapons broke out on al-Bara'im Road (the road next to the sea west of Sabratha), between...

On 28 May, rumours circulated on Libyan social media that the HQ of the National Oil Corporation (NOC) in Tripoli was stormed by militia groups....

Large-scale protests against PM Abdul Hameed Dabaiba took place for the third consecutive Friday in Tripoli, and while there were calls for...

On 27 May, the Law Enforcement Department of the General Directorate of Security Operations said the ceasefire security arrangements are being...

On 26 May, after a meeting of Muammar al-Dhawi, commander of the 55th (Wershefana) Infantry Battalion, with Minister of Interior Emad Trabelsi and...

On 26 May, the Libyan National Army (LNA) and eastern authorities held a large military parade this week to celebrate the 11th anniversary of...

On 22 May, the ‘Sons of Souq al-Jumaa Movement’ announced plans for mass demonstrations on Friday 23 May to demand the overthrow of the Dabaiba...

According to an IOM DTM Report released on 21 May, there were at least 858,604 migrants in Libya as of January to February 2025. This represents an...

The truce keeping the peace among Tripoli’s rival armed groups and their political backers has remained in place this week, with no major clashes or...

In Misrata, a couple of hundred people gathered in front of the municipal council headquarters to protest against what they described as the...

On 19 May, Lloyd’s List reported that since 13 May (when clashes intensified in Tripoli), there have been no vessels tracked arriving at Tripoli...