On the evening of 3 August, clashes broke out in Zawiyya between an armed group affiliated with Muhammed Bahroun aka al-Far and another armed group...
Fresh clashes erupt in Zawiyya using heavy weaponry
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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 break out in Surman as inmates escape from prison
Late on 3 August, clashes broke out in Surman between rival armed groups. On 4 August, fighting continued in the morning in several areas, including...
Grand Mufti supports peaceful protests against GNU
Grand Mufti al‑Sadiq al‑Gharyani said he supports large, peaceful protests as a legitimate way to demand elections, a constitution, better services,...
Protest movement declares end to civil disobedience
From 1 August, the intensity of the street protests, as well as the number of participants, decreased significantly, with the Souq al-Jumaa Movement...
Anti-GNU protests escalate in and around Tripoli
On 28 July in the late afternoon, against the backdrop of the power outage crisis and the deterioration of service and living conditions, protests...
Protestors shut down Mellitah gas valves amid power outages & civil disobedience
On 27 July, protestors blockaded the Mellitah Complex and tried to prevent staff from entering the facility. On 28 July, early in the morning,...
NIHRL condemns MoI Trabelsi’s meeting with militia commander Muammar al-Dhawi
On 25 July, the National Institute for Human Rights in Libya (NIHRL) expressed ‘deep regret and strong condemnation’ of Government of National Unity...
Dabaiba appoints Zawiyya militia leader as Director of Military Affairs within MoD
On 24 July, Prime Minister Abdul Hameed Dabaiba issued a decree appointing Brigadier General Mahmoud bin Rajab, the commander of the Libyan Army’s...
Protests & civil obedience erupt across Tripoli amid heatwave & power outages
From 22 July onwards, demonstrations began taking place in areas in and around Tripoli, with protestors (mainly young men) closing roads using...
LNA launches operations to curb migration
On 22 July, the Benghazi-based Directorate of Anti-Illegal Immigration launched a broad operation to curb migration along Libya’s southern borders....
NHRIL confirms death of prisoner from torture in Qarnada Military Prison
On 16 July, the National Human Rights Institution in Libya (NHRIL) announced the death of 41-year-old Awad Shehat Al-Karimi Al-Obeidi under torture...
HoR member warns of security deterioration in Zawiyya amid shooting incidents
On 14 July, Abdul Nabi Abdul Mawla, a member of the House of Representatives (HoR) representing Zawiyya, issued an urgent appeal warning of...
Worsening of rule of law and Zwai-Tebu tensions in Kufra
On 13 July, an unidentified armed group attacked a Kufra Security Directorate convoy outside Kufra and forcefully freed prisoners being transferred...
Tensions rise as SLOR attacks LNA outpost south of Qatroun
On 12 July, the SLOR attacked the LNA’s Arandega checkpoint south of Tajerhi village, itself south of Qatroun, and west of al-Wigh airbase and its...
GNU & LNA Chiefs of Staff meet in Sirte and agree to hold a unified tactical exercise
On 12 July, Libyan National Army (LNA) Chief of Staff Khaled Haftar and acting Libyan Army Chief of Staff Salaheddin al-Namroush held a technical...
Residents protest against militia violence in Zawiyya
On 11 July, four young men were killed in Zawiyya when unidentified gunmen targeted a vehicle positioned in front of the New University in the Al...
Violence continues in the western region
On 8 July at about noon, the Bir ibn Shu'ayb checkpoint, about 30 km south of Zawiyya, was targeted with RPG rockets by an unidentified armed group....
HoR Speaker Saleh affirms officially that al-Aib remains intelligence chief
On 8 July, House of Representatives (HoR) Speaker Aqeela Saleh officially directed Lieutenant General Hussein al-Aib to remain in his post as the...
Death sentences for murder in Zawiyya
On 7 July, the Office of the Attorney General said that the Zawiyya Criminal Court had issued a death sentence against the perpetrator of a...
Misratan groups signal rejection of Boulos initiative
On 5 July, the Misrata Military Council issued a statement criticised what it described as attempts by US Senior Advisor for Arab and African...
Car bomb parked in front of a school in Surman dismantled
On 2 July, the Ministry of Interior’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) announced that one of its specialized Explosive Ordnance Disposal...
Security patrol ambushed in al-Ajilat
On 2 July, a patrol of the Security Directorate Support Department was ambushed in al-Ajilat on the Al-Hamam Tourist Road. There is no information...
Renewed clashes in Zawiyya
On 1 July in the early morning, a convoy of the 103rd Infantry Battalion was ambushed on the Coastal Road in the vicinity of the al-Mutrad...
GNU & HSC have welcomed Mleqta as new intelligence chief amid divisions
After the Presidential Council (PC) issued a decision replacing Hussein al-Aib as head of the Libyan Intelligence Service (LIS) with Abdul Majid...
Al-Koni rejects Mleqta’s appointment as intelligence chief
On 30 June, Presidential Council (PC) deputy Musa al-Koni met with department directors, office heads, and officers during a visit to the...
Rada mobilizes in Tripoli amid tensions over LIS leadership
In response to the Presidential Council (PC) decision replacing Hussein al-Aib as head of the Libyan Intelligence Service with Abdul Majid al-Mleqta...
PC replaces intelligence chief Hussein al-Aib with Abdul Majid Mleqta
On 28 June, Presidential Council (PC) head Muhammed al-Menfi published a statement saying that the PC had held a meeting without Deputy Musa...
SLOR says it has captured six LNA soldiers from Brak al-Shatti checkpoint
On 24 June, the South Liberation Operations Room (SLOR), led by Mohamed Warduko, attacked the Libyan National Army’s (LNA) Ze’ataria marginal...
GNS bans nationals from Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, & Somalia from entering Libya
On 23 June, the Benghazi-based Government of National Stability (GNS) led by PM Osama Hammad issued Decision No. 113 of 2026, which bans citizens of...
Amnesty warns against ‘racist’ crackdown on migrants after controversial GNS ban
On 23 June, after the Benghazi-based Government of National Stability (GNS) banned citizens of Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia from entering...
Attorney General sentences ICC-wanted Osama Najeem
On 21 June, the Attorney General’s Office said that the Tripoli Criminal Court had convicted ‘the official in charge of operations and judicial...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Activist detained in Tripoli
On 12 April, activist Youssef Al-Majrab was arrested by an armed group in Tripoli due to his opinions and posts on social media platforms related to...
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...