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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.
Severe fighting reignites in Zawiyya
Clashes erupted again this week in Zawiyya between militias linked to militia leader Salem al-Latif and Muhammed Bahroun aka al-Far. On 18 June,...
Violence in the western coastal region continues
On 18 June, two young militia members were killed by a hail of bullets at the hand of a rival militia in the Dhahrat Arafa area of al-Ajilat. An...
Tunisians detained near Zawiyya later released
On 17 June, twelve Tunisian nationals were released after being detained for two days in the al-Mutrad area in western Zawiyya. According to...
Militia member shot dead in Zintan violence
On 13 June in the evening, in Zintan a young militia member from the al-Jamjamah clan was shot several times and killed in a fight with a rival...
Mobilisations in Tajoura after dismissal of intelligence official
In the early hours of 13 June, there were mobilisations of armed vehicles and fighters in Tajoura, east of Tripoli, by rival militias and groups in...
Tensions in Zuwara after armed groups detain 35 residents from Misrata
On 13 June, a crisis erupted between the cities of Zuwara and Misrata after armed groups in Zuwara detained 35 residents from Misrata returning to...
Security crackdowns on migrants and people smugglers continue
on 11 June, the Attorney General ordered the pretrial detention of fifteen undocumented migrants involved in a criminal gang engaged in migrant...
GNS to issue security registration cards for foreign labourers
On 10 June, the eastern Government of National Stability (GNS) Minister of Interior, Essam Abuzuriba, chaired a high-level security meeting to...
CBL systems hit by cyber attack
On 9 June, the Central Bank of Libya (CBL) announced that it has detected a cyber incident affecting some of its systems and technical services. The...
Fresh clashes break out in Zawiyya
On 7 June, one person was killed and another seriously injured on the Bir al-Ghanem road, south of Zawiyya, after they were targeted by gunfire. On...
At least three killed in renewed clashes in Zawiyya
Fresh clashes erupted last week between rival militias in Zawiyya, with at least three people killed. On 9 June in the early hours, fighting broke...
Backlash after 9 central municipalities announce formation of ‘Central Region Province’
On 8 June, nine Libyan municipalities from the central region gathered in Bani Walid and declared the birth of the Central Region Province (CRP),...
Gaza solidarity convoy activists remain in detention in Benghazi
On 8 June, the National Human Rights Institution in Libya condemned the continued arbitrary detention of 11 volunteers from the Maghreb Initiative...
GECOL warns of an unprecedented electricity crisis amid fuel shotages
On 6 June, the General Manager of the General Electricity Company of Libya (GECOL) Abdullah Hamouda addressed an urgent letter to Government of...
Zuwara Municipality implements nightly curfew to reinforce public order
On 3 June, Zuwara Municipality implemented a temporary nightly curfew from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. to reinforce public order and protect all residents....
Al-Lafi visits & reviews training of 444th Combat Brigade
On 3 June, Presidential Council (PC) Deputy Abdullah al-Lafi, together with Military Intelligence Director (and Commander 444th Combat Brigade)...
444 Brigade raids police station to free brigade members being detained there
On the evening of 3 June, military personnel belonging to the 444 Brigade reportedly attacked the Souq al-Khamis Imsehel police station and forcibly...
Saddam Haftar orders crackdown on migrants while attempting a comprehensive approach on migratio
On 2 June, Libyan National Army (LNA) Deputy Commander Lieutenant General Saddam Haftar ordered the complete elimination of the illegal presence of...
SLOR accuses LNA of smuggling fuel
On 1 June, the Southern Liberation Operations Room (SLOR), a group led by Tebu leader Mohamed Wardukuwhich has launched a campaign to drive the...
Political actors reject settlement of migrants in Libya
On 1 June, the House of Representatives (HoR) issued a formal statement rejecting ‘settlement and resettlement’. It said that as ‘attempts to impose...
Libyan NGO says ICC-wanted suspect killed
On 30 May, the National Institution for Human Rights in Libya (NIHRL) confirmed the extrajudicial killing of Saif al-Nasr Sneidel, a militiaman...
Renewed efforts to force UNHCR to relocate
On 30 May, the al-Serraj Social Council urged residents of the al-Serraj area (in western Tripoli) and all Libyans to join a large-scale protest on...
Flooding hits Ghat in southwestern Libya
On 27 May, torrential rains struck Bir Tahala municipality in the southwestern corner of Libya, causing flash floods in residential neighborhoods....
Hannibal Qadhafi calls for justice 100 days after Saif Al‑Islam’s killing
On 25 May, Hannibal Qadhafi reignited the controversy surrounding the killing of his brother Saif al‑Islam Qadhafi with an audio statement,...
UNSMIL warns about escalation in Zawiyya as inter-militia fighting and violence continue
On 25 May, tensions were running high in Zawiyya following earlier clashes and a series of assassinations that claimed the lives of five people over...
Tripoli court sentences a 2013 Gharghour massacre perpetrator to death
On 12 May, the Office of the Attorney General announced that the Tripoli Criminal Court has completed proceedings against an individual named only...
Qadhafi’s intelligence chief al-Senussi acquitted in 2011 crackdown case
On 18 May, the Tripoli Court of Appeal acquitted former Qadhafi intelligence chief Abdullah al‑Senussi of all charges tied to the 2011 crackdown on...
LNA conducts Shield of Dignity 2, Libya’s largest ever military exercise
On 18 May, Libyan National Army (LNA) Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Khaled Haftar inspected the LNA’s training manoeuvres “Shield of Dignity...
More clashes erupt in Zawiyya
On 17 May, an armed group linked to Salem al-Latif armed group attacked the ‘Sunni Gate’ in the Abu Essa area of Zawiyya, which is controlled by...
Security forces use live fire in Tarhouna football riots
On 14 May, a football match held in Tarhouna between al‑Swehli (from Misrata) and al‑Ittihad (from Tripoli) in the Libyan Premier League’s...
PM office attacked as football riots spread from Tarhouna to Tripoli
On 14 May, following serious football riots that spread from Tarhouna, unknown individuals threw Molotov cocktails at the facade of the Prime...
Anti-migrant sentiment on the rise as protesters demand UNHCR relocation from Tripoli
On 14 May, residents of the Al-Sarraj district in Tripoli met in front of the HQ of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and demanded its...
East and West agree to conduct joint operations in specific border areas
On 14 May, UNSMIL said that it facilitated a meeting of the Border Security Joint Technical Coordination Team in Sirte, bringing together senior...
Gaza convoy halted in Sirte
On 14 May, the Global Sumud land convoy, comprising around 200 participants, set out from Zawiyya with the aim of delivering humanitarian aid to...
CBL Governor instructs MoI to shut down unofficial currency traders as dollar price rises again
The Central Bank of Libya (CBL) is calling for a renewed crackdown on black-market currency traders as the price of the dollar rises again. On 11...
Libyan security forces deport hundreds of migrants
On 11 May, eastern Libya authorities from the Ajdabiya Security Directorate announced the deportation of 120 migrants who ‘had been held by human...
Zawiyya refinery damaged & closed for two days amid heavy fighting
On 8 May in the morning, heavy fighting broke out on the Refinery Road and in the vicinity of the Zawiyya refinery between the ‘joint security...
LNA bans civilian off-road vehicles in the Fezzan region
On 7 May, the Libyan National Army (LNA) General Staff directed the military police in Sebha to ban civilian off-road vehicles in the South. The...
Libya hit with more fuel shortages
After queues appeared at petrol stations in Libya again, the Brega Company said on 12 May that the congestion at fuel stations is not due to any...
Several dead & injured in heavy fighting between rival militias in Zawiyya
On 5 May in the evening, there were armed clashes between militias loyal to Muhammed Bahroun aka al-Far and the Salem al-Latif armed group in the...
More detainees in Al Kweifiya Military Police Prison released
On 4 May, the Chairman of the eastern National Standing Committee to Monitoring the Situation of Prisons and Prisoners Ibrahim Bushnaf followed up...
Renewed clashes in Zawiyya
On 2 May in the early hours, in Zawiyya, clashes between local militias spread rapidly across multiple districts, including densely populated...
Clashes break out in Surman
On 1 May late in the evening, intense clashes started in Surman between militias using light and medium weapons, resulting in several casualties,...
Sufism council blames ‘de facto authorities in the east’ for prominent Sufi sheikhs death
On 1 May, the Supreme Council of Sufism in Libya announced that the body of 64 year old Omar Aqila al Farsi al Agouri was found in Benghazi after he...
Shootings of civilians by armed men continue in the western region
On 30 April, Ahmed Aboud from Zawiyya was killed by gunmen in Zawiyya. On 1 May, a young man named Muhammad Kamal Abu Sabi’a was shot and killed in...
Dabaiba stands by Western Coast Military District Commander Al-Namroush
This week, the position of Salahadeen al-Namroush as West Coast Military District Commander appears to have been strengthened through various...
Child killed and mother injured in grenade explosion in Ajdabiya
On 28 April, 10-year-old Asmar Fathallah Mohammed Al-Awami was killed and his mother was seriously injured when a hand grenade exploded inside a...
Armed Clashes in Ajilat Cause Casualties
On 27 April, early in the morning, armed clashes broke out in the Al-Zaramqa area of Ajilat in western Libya between an armed group linked to...
Tripoli court sentences four people smugglers
On 27 April, the Attorney General said that it is pursuing a criminal gang involved in sending migrants from the shores of Tubruq to the northern...
SLOR launches operations against LNA in south Libya
On 26 April, the group known as the South Liberation Operations Room (SLOR) announced the launch of operations against Libyan National Army (LNA)...
Residents of Qasr al-Akhiyar condemn killing of young man by security personnel
On 25 April, residents of Qasr al-Akhiyar issued a video statement condemning the killing of a young man (Ibrahim Abdel Salam Sassi) on 17 April by...
SRSG Tetteh highlights precarious security situation in Libya amid attacks against Sufi community
In her UN Security Council briefing on 22 April, SRSG Hanna Tetteh noted that although no violations of the 2020 ceasefire agreement were recorded,...
GECOL employees protest over unpaid salaries
On 20 April, GECOL employees protested in front of the PM’s Offices in Tripoli demanding the payment of their salaries and financial entitlements...
Saddam Haftar opens new HQ of Greater Benghazi Security Directorate
On 19 April, Libyan National Army (LNA) Deputy Commander Saddam Haftar, accompanied by Government of National Stability (GNS) PM Osama Hammad,...
Persistent security fragility drives communal tension in wider Kufra region
On 17 April, there was a shootout in Kufra which injured a Zwai man and a Tebu man and resulted in two vehicles being burned. While the motives...
Menfi allegedly attempts to sack Al-Namroush amid backlash from Zawiyya
On 16 April, there were reports that Presidential Council (PC) head Muhammed al-Menfi had fired Lieutenant General Salaheddin al-Namroush from his...
War remants kill one person in Ajilat
On 13 April, war remnants exploded at a farm on the outskirts of the city of Ajilat resulting in the death of one man, Ramadan Hassan Al-Waloul,...
International actors discuss cooperation on security and migration
On 15 April, Libyan and Egyptian officials held talks in Tripoli on mechanisms for the voluntary repatriation of undocumented Egyptian migrants from...
Misrata ISA strips Tawarghan leaders of official seals under duress
On 15 April, the Misrata branch of the Internal Security Agency summoned the mukhtars (local leaders) of neighborhoods in the city of Tawergha and...
Zoubi & Saddam Haftar attend Exercise Flintlock opening ceremony
Government of National Unity (GNU) Ministry of Defense Undersecretary for Regions and Military Affairs Abdussalam al-Zoubi and Libyan National Army...
Zoubi faces backlash over participation in AFRICOM’s Flintlock exercise
Libyan reactions to Exercise Flintlock 2026, US AFRICOM’s annual special forces exercise, have been mixed, with some Tripoli and Misratan groups...
Armed skirmish occurs between Subul al-Salam and tobacco traffickers
On 14 April, in the morning, armed skirmishes took place between the Subul al-Salam Brigade and tobacco traffickers in the Kufra desert
Renewed fighting breaks out in Zawiyya between rival militias
On 12 April, Ahmed al-Zukairi, a close confident of Salem al-Latif, and his brother were kidnapped by militias of al-Far. Salem al-Latif is a local...
LNA warns against attempts to reactivate ‘South Liberation Operations Room’
On 9 April, the Libyan National Army (LNA) issued a sharp warning against any attempt to revive the South Liberation Operations Room (SLOR), an...
Senior PC Advisor Ibrahim Al‑Madani survives assassination attempt
On 7 April, Ibrahim al‑Madani, a Zintani senior advisor to the Presidential Council, survived an apparent assassination attempt after his vehicle...
Al-Sheikh joins SLOR in anti-LNA move
On 6 April, Bashir al-Sheikh, former spokesperson of Fezzan Anger group and a Tuareg from Ghat, announced he had joined the South Liberation...
UN highlights concerns for migrants & refugees in Libya as crackdown continues
In the UN Secretary-General’s Report on Libya, published on 6 April, Antonio Gutress said he is ‘deeply concerned by the situation of migrants and...
Saddam Haftar forms committee to investigate Ibrahim al-Darsi’s disappearance
"On 5 April, it was reported that Libyan National Army (LNA) Deputy Commander (and heir apparent to his father Khalifa Haftar) Saddam Haftar has...
Menfi meets with key western region armed groups and representatives
On 31 March, Presidential Council (PC) head Muhammed al-Menfi held an extensive meeting that included the Libyan Army Chief of Staff Salahadeen...
Menfi engages with western military and security leaders
On 30 March, al-Menfi met with the Director of Military Intelligence and Commander of the 444 Combat Brigade, Mahmoud Hamza, as part of monitoring...
Clashes erupt in Ghariyan
On 28 March, clashes took place in Ghariyan (south-west of Tripoli in the Nafousa Mountains) between members of the 444 Combat Brigade and the 10th...
Fighting between militias in Surman leaves several dead
On 26 March late in the evening, a militia led by Nouri al-Raitimi, who is affiliated with the 103rd Infantry Battalion aka al-Silaa, clashed in...
Human rights activist Abdel-Ati released as UNSMIL & EU condemn arbitrary arrest
On 25 March, UNSMIL called for the immediate release of political activist Al-Mahdi Abdul-Ati, who was arbitrarily arrested and detained in Misrata...
MoI confirms explosives were found near Sharara pipeline
Late on 24 March, the Government of National Unity's (GNU) Ministry of Interior confirmed that it had instructed the Criminal Investigations...
Tripoli Eid brawl condemned for fuelling hatred against migrants
On 23 March, a brawl erupted on Tripoli's Corniche between groups of Libyan teenagers and migrants who were attending a large annual Eid celebration...
LNA restructures its southern forces
On 22 March, as part of the Eid occasion, Libyan National Army (LNA) Commander Khalifa Haftar delivered a speech on the sidelines of a meeting with...
Increasing number of assassinations takes place in Zawiyya
On 22 March, clashes broke out in Zawiyya, centred in the Dila-Qamouda area. Local human rights organizations confirmed at least one fatality and...
Sufi shrine attacked in Misrata
On 21 March late at night, unknown assailants reportedly blew up Zawiat Madani ( a Sufi shrine) in Misrata.
Benghazi resident disappeared
On 20 March, the family of Ehab Shamsaddin Nasser reported to the NIHRL that Nasser had been kidnapped from in front of his residential building in...
Grand Mufti Ghariani calls on PM to take control of Mitiga & eliminate Rada
On 18 March, Grand Mufti al‑Sadiq al‑Ghariani urged Prime Minister Abdul Hameed Dabaiba to move to retake control of Mitiga Airport and its prison,...
PC promotes al-Namroush to Lieutenant General
On 18 March, reports indicated that the Presidential Council (PC), in its capacity as the Supreme Commander of the Libyan Army, officially promoted...
Abduction of anti-corruption activist in Misrata sparks public outcry
On 18 March in the evening, the political activist al-Mahdi Abu al‑Qasim Abdel‑Ati was abducted by an unidentified armed group in Misrata. There...
Pipeline fire disrupts production at Sharara and al-Feel fields amid unconfirmed reports of sabotage
On 17 March, a fire hit the pipeline supplying Zawiyya refinery, the causes of which were unknown. The pipeline was shut down, and maintenance teams...
Severe weather and flooding impacts western Libya
On 16 March, bad weather, strong winds and heavy rain hit northwestern Libya, with severe flooding occurring in many places, with many roads...
GNS forms new Security Screening and Electronic Detection Agency under the MoI in Benghazi
On 14 March, the GNS Prime Minister Osama Hammad issued a decree establishing the Security Screening and Electronic Detection Agency. The agency...
Families of Mitiga detainees protest and call for court-ordered release
On 15 March, families of detainees held at the Mitiga Reform and Rehabilitation Institution in Tripoli staged a protest outside the offices of the...
Family of disappeared activist Hanan Al-Abdali in Benghazi demand security agencies reveal her fate
On 13 March, Ayman Al-Abdali, son of the murdered activist and lawyer Hanan Al-Barasi, which he published yesterday evening, Friday. In it, he...
SLOR attacks another LNA checkpoint and takes prisoners
On 11 March, the South Liberation Operations Room (SLOR) commander, Mohamed Warduko, gave a 5-minute video statement in which he claimed that his...
Dabaiba strenghthens position with western region communities engagement
On 11 March, Prime Minister Abdul Hameed Dabaiba’s Financial Advisor and Minister of Transport Muhammed al-Shahoubi held an extensive meeting in...
Saddam Haftar meets with family of missing HoR member Ibrahim al-Darsi
On 11 March, Libyan National Army (LNA) Deputy Commander Saddam Haftar met with the family of House of Representatives (HoR) member Ibrahim...
Egyptian workers detained in Benghazi after condemning lack of payment
On 10 March, reports circulated on Egyptian social media indicate that around 20 Egyptian workers were detained by forces affiliated with Khalifa...
Trabelsi holds iftars with western region political and security leaders
On 10 March, Government of National Unity (GNU) Minister of Interior (MoI) EmadTrabelsi held an Iftar gathering with political and security leaders...
Street protests in Zawiyya over corruption claims
Despite the engagement of the Government of National Unity (GNU) in Zawiyya, there were several small-scale protests in Zawiyya this week against...
Attorney general urged to identify those behind assassination of Saif al-Islam al-Qadhafi
On 10 March, the Presidential Office of the Libyan Tribal Union released a statement, expressing deep concern and strong condemnation over the...
Two bodies discovered in mass grave in Abu Salim
On 9 March, the Regional Security Directorate Support Device, a security unit of the GNU Interior Ministry, announced the discovery of a new mass...
GNU discovers new mass grave in Abu Salim
On 9 March, the Regional Security Directorate Support Agency, a security unit of the Government of National Unity (GNU) Interior Ministry, announced...
Dabaiba hosts elders and militia leaders in Wershefana iftar
On 9 March, PM Abdul Hameed Dabaiba hosted a delegation of elders, notables, municipal leaders and militia leaders from Wershefana. Among the...
Eastern Libya authorities meet with Chadian consul to discuss migration
On 8 March, the head of the Libyan Illegal Migration Control Agency, Salah Mahmoud Al Khafifi, received the Consul General of Chad, Hassan Al...
NIHRL calls for clarification on fate of army officer arbitrarily detained in al-Bayda
On 8 March, the National Institution for Human Rights in Libya (NIHRL) called on authorities to clarify the fate of an army officer, Col Abdulrahman...