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Libyan actors
Our archive of incidents relating to Libyan actors in Libya’s security space, including armed group activity, state security operations and political developments.
Clashes in al-Ajilat kill several people
On 11 January, some heavy fighting with light and medium infantry weapons took place west of al Ajaylat (southwest of Sabratha) between Othman...
West Coast Military District secures Zawiyya refinery
On 7 January, the West Coast Military Region announced in a statement the activation of fixed deployment points and mobile patrols around Zawiyya...
Anti-Dabaiba protests continue in several cities
On 7 January in the evening, there was a second night of protests in Tripoli, Misrata, Zawiyya, Bani Walid, Sabratha, Zintan and other cities...
Protests after Mangoush claims Dabaiba intended to normalise relations with Israel
On 6 January, the Athir platform, which is affiliated with the digital sector of the Al Jazeera Network, published an interview with the former...
West coast military launches wide operation in Zawiyya
On 2 January, there were armed clashes between armed gangs near the al-Jumhouriya Bank in central Zawiyya causing panic among citizens. During the...
East-west tensions rise in Awbari
On 31 December, the Libyan National Army (LNA) announced that it had taken control of Camp Tendi in Awbari the evening before, due to the failure of...
Concerns over Audit Bureau independence amid efforts to relocate its HQ
On 19 December, reports emerged that the Audit Bureau had been forced to relocate from its headquarters in the Dhara area of Tripoli to the Guest...
Force majeure declared at Zawiyya refinery after nearby clashes
On 15 December, the National Oil Corporation (NOC) declared a state of force majeure and emergency of the third degree (maximum) after a number of...
SSA denies reports on military tensions with 444 Brigade in Tripoli
On 12 December in the afternoon, both the Stability Support Agency (SSA) and the 444 Brigade deployed a number of troops to the surroundings of...
Heavy rain and flooding hit the greater capital area
On 5 December, very heavy rain started to pour down on the greater Tripoli area. The Tripoli Security Directorate called on all citizens not to...
Fighting breaks out between Rada and 55th Wershefana Battalion
On 27 November in the afternoon, fighting broke out at a checkpoint of the 55th Wershefana Battalion at al-Najila (in the Wershefana tribal area, 7...
Clashes continue in Zawiyya
On 26 November in the early morning, there was fighting in central Zawiyya, in residential neighbourhoods in the area of the al-Rukaina roundabout,...
Dabaiba distances himself from Trabelsi’s morality police
On 23 November, Government of National Unity (GNU) Prime Minister Abdul Hameed Dabaiba spoke at a Youth Forum in Misrata at which he attempted to...
Renewed tensions and assassinations in Zawiyya and Surman
On 21 November, in the morning, the dead body of an obviously murdered young man was found in the al-Malaha (Salt) Road area about 12 km south of...
As winter approaches, Libyan human rights groups call for urgent action to help Sudanese refugees
On 19 November, Jaber Bouajila from the Libyan Human Rights Organization called on Libyan authorities in the East and West to protect Sudanese...
Tensions continue between Zintanis and the 444 Brigade in al-Hamada al-Hamra
On 15 November, the Zintani-led Southwest Branch of the Petroleum Facilities Guard (PFG) reinforced its forces around the oilfields in the al-Hamada...
Zintan withdraws forces after kidnapped Zintani intelligence official released
On 12 November, in the evening, the head of the Central Security Department of the Libyan Intelligence Service (LIS) Brigadier General Mustafa...
Tensions continue between 444 Brigade and the Zintani PFG
On 8 November in the evening, the Zintani-led Southwest Branch of the PFG (again) stopped a 444 Brigade patrol in the vicinity of an oilfield in the...
Al-Koni mediates as tensions continue in Yefren
Tensions in Yefren (an Amazigh town) have persisted after protestors forced Central and Western Region Military District forces (under Zintani...
Mine explosions kill two and injure several more during desert rally
On 7 November, four participants in the 10th edition of the ‘TT Desert Rally’ were injured in an explosion of a landmine in the vicinity of Waddan,...
Zintan-GNU tensions flare up over kidnapping of a Zintani intelligence official
On 6 November, Brigadier General Mustafa al-Wahishi, head of the Central Security Department of the Libyan Intelligence Service (LIS), disappeared...
Trabelsi to reintroduce morality police amid backlash
On 6 November, Government of National Unity (GNU) Minister of Interior Emad Trabelsi announced plans to introduce a ‘morality police’ and a women’s...
Libyan NGO warns of armed groups’ abuses against civilians
On 1 November, the Libyan NGO Libya Crime Watch (LCW) published its report monitoring violations and abuses against civilians in October 2024,...
Al-Lafi mediates in Yefren as tensions continue over arrests and presence of external armed groups
On 30 October, Presidential Council (PC) Deputy Abdullah al-Lafi accompanied by Libyan Army Deputy Chief of Staff (CoS) Salaheddin al-Namroush...
Renewed troubles between PFG and 444 Brigade in al-Hamada al-Hamra amid NC7 takeover rumours
On 30 October, Minister of Interior Emad Trabelsi and the head of the MoI’s Border Guard ordered the intensification of desert patrols to monitor...
Saddam Haftar reviews LNA decisions with military commanders
On 30 October, Saddam Khalifa Haftar, Chief of Staff of the Libyan National Army (LNA) Ground Forces, met with the commanders of the military...
Protesters force western mountain military district forces under Juwaili to leave Yefren
On 24 October, in Yefren (a town in the Nafousa mountains) a large civilian demonstration called on all armed formations from other towns to leave...
444 Brigade clashes with PFG near al-Hamada al-Hamra oilfields
On 24 October, a 444 Brigade patrol clashed in the vicinity of al-Hamadah al-Hamra oilfields with the local Petroleum Facilities Guard (PFG),...
Journalist Ikram Rajab released from ISA detention
On 22 October, the Libyan NGO Libya Crime Watch (LCW) noted that journalist Ikram Rajab was released - along with her parents who had been arrested...
Zoubi leads meetings on reorganizing western region military
On 20 October, Government of Nationaly Unity (GNU) Deputy Minister of Defence Abdussalam Zoubi and Libyan Army Chief of Staff (CoS) Muhammed...
ISA releases Zintani militia leader after threats
On 7 October, Zintani militia leader al-Ajami al-Atiri was arrested by local Internal Security Agency (ISA) agents at the Wazin - Dehiba border...
HSC bloc calls for release of member convicted over involvement with Kaniyat killings
On 6 October, the National Accord Bloc in the High State Council (HSC) issued a statement condemning the trial of HSC member Hassan Jaballah in a...
Zintani protesters threaten pipeline shutdown over arrest of military figure
On 6 October, the Supreme Council of Zintani Revolutionaries threatened to shut down the Riyayna pipeline valve (which would prevent oil from...
Tensions in Ghariyan about troop deployment from Tripoli to the city
On 2 October, it was revealed that Prime Minister Abdul Hameed Dabaiba, in his capacity as Minister of Defense, ordered the redeployment of the 54th...
Renewed fighting, assassinations, and deaths in Zawiyya
On 27 September, Abdul Halim Daboub, head of the Operations and Judicial Security Department in Zawiyya, was shot and wounded in an assassination...
ISA members suspected in HSC member kidnapping attempt arrested
On 27 September, the Attorney General announced an arrest warrant for three members of the Internal Security Agency (ISA) in Tripoli for their...
Former 6th Force members arrested for 2016 murder of two citizens
On 27 September, after a longer investigation, the Attorney General initiated criminal proceedings against the perpetrators of the murder of two...
Rada members arrested for torturing man to death
On 26 September, the Attorney General initiated criminal proceedings against the perpetrators of an incident of torture that resulted in the death...
Journalist abducted by ISA in the east
On 18 September, Libyan journalist Ikram Rajab was arbitrarily arrested by the Internal Security Agency (ISA) from her house in Benghazi. Libyan...
Over 97,000 refugees have arrived in Libya since Sudan’s civil war broke out, says UNHCR
On 17 September, UNHCR released an estimation that as of 15 September 2024 over 97,000 Sudanese refugees have arrived in Libya since April 2023....
Sebha floods cause significant damage to infrastructure and people
On 14 and 15 September, heavy rains in Libya’s southern city of Sebha caused significant damage to infrastructure and people, with local authorities...
Clashes break out between 52nd and 55th brigades over control of Camp 27
On 12 September in the evening, elements of the 52nd Brigade (from Zawiyya, led by Mahmoud Bin Rajab) entered Camp 27, which is a base of the 55th...
Amnesty International says ISA should be held accountable for human rights violations
On 10 September, Amnesty International published a report calling for the Internal Security Agency (ISA) in eastern Libya to be held accountable for...
Tebu and Murzuq ethnic Arabs mark ‘comprehensive reconciliation’ after years of conflict
On 5 September, on the sidelines of a reconstruction conference in Sebha, an important ceremony took place marking the ‘comprehensive...
Al-Far arrest warrant sparks renewed violence in Zawiyya
On 4 September, after the Attorney General issued an arrest warrant addressed to the Minister of Interior (MoI) against Muhammed al-Baroun aka...
Clashes erupt in Khoms between local clan and Misratan forces
During the night of 4-5 September, severe clashes took place in Khoms near the power station in the area of Souq al-Khamis, about 7 km southeast of...
Al-Far arrested over involvement in al-Bija assassination
The Attorney General’s Office issued arrest warrants over the murder of the commander of the Libyan Naval Academy, Abdurrahman Milad aka al-Bija, on...
Zawiyya’s coast guard captain and human trafficking kingpin al-Bija assassinated
On 1 September, unidentified gunmen assassinated Abdurrahman Milad, alias al-Bija, the head of Libya's coast guard and naval academy, as well as...
LNA-MoI joint force dismantles human trafficking network in Ash Shuwayrif
On 31 August, the office of the Attorney General said that the General Directorate of Security Operations supported by the LNA - GNS MoI Joint Force...
UN report urges accountability for years of human rights violations in Tarhuna
On 30 August, the Human Rights Service of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) and the UN Human Rights Office published a report which describes...
Libyan Army dismantles blockade to reopen Ras Ajdir amid tensions with Amazigh forces
On 27 August, Western Coast Military District Commander and Libyan Army Deputy CoS Salaheddin al-Namroush threatened to forcibly clear the roadblock...
Trabelsi continues to implement his security plan in Tripoli
On 27 August, the Supreme Committee for Security Arrangements headed by Government of National Unity (GNU) Minister of Interior Emad Trabelsi said...
GNS declares force majeure on eastern oilfields over CBL struggle
On 26 August, Government of National Stability (GNS) PM Osama Hammad declared a state of force majeure and instructed the halting of all oil...
PC-appointed board takes over CBL HQ amid condemnations
On 25 August, in the morning, the Presidential Council (PC) handover committee arrived at the HQ of the Central Bank of Libya (CBL) to find the...
5+5 JMC stresses ceasefire agreement remains solid and is being monitored
On 25 August, the 5+5 Joint Military Commission (JMC) held a meeting at its HQ in the Ouagadougou complex in Sirte, which was also attended by...
MoI reaches security agreement with key groups over control of the CBL
On 23 August, a meeting between Minister of Interior Emad Trabelsi, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Defense Abdussalam Zoubi, Kara, Mukhtar...
Fresh disruptions at Ras Ajdir as Zuwarans block the road
On 22 August, militias from Zuwara blocked the road to the Ras Ajdir border crossing near Abu Kammash from nightfall. That same evening, the Zuwara...
LNA ramps up operations in the southwestern border area
A spokesperson for the Libyan National Army (LNA) has explained that security on the south-western border with Algeria and Niger in the Salvador...
Tensions continue in Tripoli amid CBL crisis
On 20 August, the Special Deterrence Force (Rada) commander Abdurraouf Kara declared that the Presidential Council's (PC) decision to replace...
Brief kidnap of CBL IT director leaders CBL to temporarily halt operations
On 18 August, in the morning, the Central Bank of Libya (CBL) issued a statement in which it denounced the ‘kidnapping of the Director of the...
Menfi stresses need to unify military institutions
On 18 August, Presidential Council head Muhammed al-Menfi held a meeting at the 111 th Brigade HQ in Tripoli with the Chiefs of Staff, the...
Tensions persist between 444 Brigade and Zintanis around Jebel Nafousa
On 15 August, the 444 Brigade announced that one of its detachments distributed more than 250,000 litres of fuel seized from smugglers in the middle...
Misrata Military Council re-established amid instability concerns
On 15 August, a number of Misrata revolutionary fighters announced the reactivation of the Misrata Military Council and the formation of a higher...
Libya’s southwest hit by severe flooding
On 14 August, the Ambulance and Emergency Department declared an emergency for all its services in the south of Libya (Fezzan and Kufra) due to...
HSC condemns member’s kidnapping attempt
On 9 August the High State Council (HSC) condemned ‘in the strongest terms’ an attempt to kidnap HSC member Nizar Kawan after he left the voting...
Heavy fighting breaks out in Tajoura following al-Bugra assassination attempt
On 9 August in the morning, an assassination attempt was made on Bashir Khalaf Allah (aka al-Bugra), the commander of the Rahbat al-Daraa Brigade,...
LNA and GNA mobilize troops in Fezzan region amid conflict concerns
On 7 August, the Libyan National Army (LNA) started to deploy troops on a larger scale via Sirte to the Fezzan region (southwestern Libya). The LNA...
Attorney General issues arrest warrant for acting oil minister Abdul Sadiq over corruption charges
On 7 August, the Attorney General (AG) ordered the detention of the acting Government of National Unity (GNU) Minister of Oil and the Director of...
Force majeure declared on Sharara field
At midday on 6 August, the National Oil Corporation (NOC) announced ‘the start of a partial reduction in production from the Sharara field due to...
Military tensions between 444 Brigade & Juwaili-aligned forces in Ghadames Mizdah area
On 30 July, the 17th Border Guard Battalion (under the command of Muhammed Abdul Nabi and linked to Zintani commander Osama Juwaili) moved troops...
LNA & GNS sharpen campaign against illegal migration amid Italian involvement
There has been a security campaign to crack down on illegal migration in the eastern region in recent days. On 30 July, the Government of National...
Derna court sentences 12 officials over dam collapse
On 28 July, the Attorney General said that the Derna Criminal Court has issued a verdict convicting twelve officials responsible for managing the...
Attorney General opens investigation into two Tunisians for possessing weapons
On 25 July, the Attorney General’s Office announced an investigation into two Tunisians for possessing weapons, one of whom was killed. The...
Senior security officers attend live-fire exercise
On 23 July, Presidential Council Deputy Abdullah al-Lafi, Libyan Army Deputy Chief of Staff (CoS) Salaheddin al-Namroush and several other senior...
Tensions rise between 444 Brigade and LNA around al-Shuwayrif
On 23 July, a skirmish took place in al-Shuwayrif between the 444 Brigade and the 128th Battalion of the Libyan National Army (LNA). The LNA’s...
GNU and aligned armed groups crackdown on fuel smuggling
On 22 July, the 444 Brigade announced that all smuggling routes to the South in the centre of the country had been interrupted. At the same time,...
Tensions re-emerge around Ras Ajdir border crossing
On 20 July, a clash took place in Abu Kammash (the last town right before the border) in the early evening between militias from Zuwara and forces...
Dabaiba appoints powerful militia commander Zoubi as MoD undersecretary
Prime Minister (and Minister of Defence) Abdul Hameed Dabaiba has appointed Abdussalam al-Zoubi as Undersecretary of the Ministry of Defence. Zoubi...
Sabratha-Ajaylat road temporarily closed amid militia clashes
On 17 July, the road between Sabratha and al-Ajaylat was temporarily closed in the late afternoon after clashes between militias from the two towns...
Violence erupts in and around Zawiyya
On 17 July, the headquarters of the Stability Support Agency (SSA) in Zawiyya - Abu Sora was stormed and occupied by militias of Muhammed al-Baroun...
Attorney General issues arrest warrants over Mleqta assassination attempt
On 17 July, Attorney General al-Sadiq al-Sour received approval from Director of the Libyan General Intelligence Service (GIS) Hussein al-Aib to...
Fighting breaks out in Tajoura
On 16 July, heavy fighting between Bashir al-Bugra's Rahbat al-Daraa Brigade and the Martyr Sabria Brigade took place in Tajoura. Heavy infantry...
Director of Ghadames Airlines imprisoned over migrant transport via Nicaragua
On 15 July, the Attorney General’s Office announced the imprisonment of the commercial director of Ghadames Airlines pending investigation into the...
Journalist Ahmed al-Senussi released after three days in Tripoli detention
On the afternoon of 11 July, journalist Ahmed al-Senussi - news show host at Al Wasat TV and editorin-chief of the online newspaper Sada - was...
Inter-militia abductions and clashes in Zawiyya amid uptick in violence
On 10 July, a member of Muhammed al-Baroun aka al-Far’s militia was kidnapped by the militia of Muhammad Kashlaf aka al-Qasseb, and a member of...
Political activists kidnapped in Misrata amid strong condemnation
On 8 July, in the centre of Misrata, political activist Moatassim Billah al-Araibi and his companion Muhammed Ishtewi were abducted by unidentified...
US delegates confirm commitment to security cooperation with Libyan actors
The US Charge d’Affaires Jeremy Berndt and the US Defence Attache also with the Chief of Staff (CoS) of the Libyan Army Muhammed al-Haddad and...
Concerns rise about migrant abuses in Central Mediterranean route
On 5 July, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the Mixed Migration Centre (MMC) and IOM published a report called ‘Abuse, protection and justice along...
HSC member unharmed after assassination attempt in Tripoli
On 5 July, the National Consensus Bloc in the High State Council (HSC) condemned an attempted attack on its member, Abdussalam al-Safrani, and...
Libyan GIS agents arrested for assassination attempt on Mleqta
On 2 July, the Special Deterrence Force (Rada) arrested two members of the Libyan General Intelligence Service in Tripoli who were allegedly...
Ras Ajdir border crossing reopens for general traffic, Dabaiba visits Zuwara
On 1 July in the morning, the Ras Ajdir border crossing was reopened for general border traffic by Government of National Unity (GNU) Minister of...
Shifts in Tripoli’s security dynamics as Rada and 444 attempt to reconcile
On 29 June, a reconciliation meeting was held between the 444 Brigade and the Special Deterrence Force (Rada) in their stronghold of Souq al-Jumaa...
Fighting erupts between Zawiyya and Zintan in southern Tripoli
On 28 June in the late afternoon, a battle took place in the western part of Crown Prince Street (Wali al-Ahed Street in the south of Tripoli)...
Al-Far convoy of militias fired upon in Sabratha
During the night of 27-28 June, a convoy of militias belonging to Muhammed al-Baroun aka al-Far was fired upon in Sabratha by local militias. No...
Tensions continue in Zuwara despite reopening of Ras Ajdir border crossing
On 26 June, a convoy of the 55th (Wershefana) Brigade (led by Muammer al-Dhawi) was shot at with small arms fire by local militias while passing...
Opening of Ras Ajdir border crossing delayed again
The opening of the Ras Ajdir border crossing, which was initially slated to take place on the morning of 23 June, then was pushed to the 24th was...
Zawiyya witnesses renewed fighting
In the early morning hours of 18 June, a young man was murdered in the centre of Zawiya. On June 18 and 19, two more young men were reported...
Abdel Bare Abu Aouba killed in Zawiyya
On 17 June, Abdel Bare Abu Aouba was killed in Zawiyya in front of his house after he was shot at by masked assailants.
Member of al-Dhawi’s 55th Brigade kidnapped and arrested
On 13 June, a member of Muhammar al-Dhawi's 55th (Wershefana) Brigade was kidnapped and arrested by Tripoli militias near the Dehiba border crossing...