On 18 July, a Government of National Unity (GNU) delegation headed by Chief of General Staff Mohammed Haddad met with a Libyan National Army (LNA)...
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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.
Zawiyyan militias mobilise towards Tripoli
On the evening of 16 July, militias from Zawiyya who are opposed to the Government of National Unity (GNU) Prime Minister, Abdul Hameed Dabaiba,...
Armed groups mobilise outside NOC following Sanallah’s dismissal
On 13 July, the Constitutional Protection Force and Misratan Joint Force under the command of Omar Boughadada mobilised outside the National Oil...
Key militias declare Tripoli a ‘red line’
In the late evening of 12 July, several Tripoli and Western armed groups leaders held a meeting in Abu Sitta after receiving reports that the House...
Tajouri loses control of military camp in Tripoli
On 10 July, the 51 Infantry Brigade led by Bashir Khalaf Allah (aka Baqara or ‘the cow’) took over Naam Camp in Tajoura from the 92 Infantry Brigade...
Saleh accuses Menfi of instigating protestor attacks on HoR
On 6 July, House of Representatives (HoR) Speaker Aqeela Saleh accused Head of the Presidential Council (PC), Muhammed al-Menfi, and his brother,...
Reports of arrest campaign for protestors who set fire to HoR building launching in Tubruq
On 1 July, protestors stormed, ransacked, and set alight the House of Representatives (HoR) building in Tubruq. Security forces reportedly retreated...
Mass protests spread throughout Libya calling for political change and improved living standards
On 1 July, mass unstructured protests took place throughout Libya, triggered by deteriorating living conditions and the ongoing political deadlock....
LNA forces deployed to southern Libya
On 30 June, the Libyan National Army (LNA) reportedly deployed forces to a number of cities in the South, including Sebha, Murzuq, and Awbari.
Tajoura groups shoot at Dabaiba convoy
On 23 June, armed groups in Tajoura mobilised in eastern Tripoli and closed roads leading to Mitiga International Airport, including al-Shaat Road....
Clashes between SSA and Rada in Tripoli’s Zawiyyat al-Dahmani neighbourhood
On 22 June, clashes broke out in Tripoli’s Zawiyyat al-Dahmani neighbourhood between the Stability and Support Apparatus (SSA) and the Special...
Juwaili forces mobilise near April 7 Military Camp
On 21 June, Zintani Commander Osama al-Juwaili’s Joint Operations Room of the Western Region established field hospitals southwest of al-Aziziyya...
Final joint HoR-HSC committee meeting in Cairo concludes
On 19 June, the third and final round of the Joint House of Representatives (HoR) and High State Council (HSC) Committee on the Libyan...
SSA launches major naval operation
On 18 June, the Vice President of the Stability and Support Apparatus (SSA), Hassan Bouzuriba, announced the launch of an SSA naval operation along...
5+5 meet in Cairo to discuss SSR
Between 15-19 June, the 5+5 Joint Military Commission (JMC) met in Cairo to discuss the implementation of the Libyan Ceasefire Agreement. The...
Clashes between Tripoli Security Directorate and the al-Alam militia in Tripoli
On 10 June, clashes occurred between the Tripoli Security Directorate, with assistance from the Judicial Police and the al-Alam militia, led by...
Clashes break out between Nawasi and SSA in central Tripoli
On 10 June, clashes broke out between the Nawasi Brigade and the Stability and Support Apparatus (SSA) in central Tripoli in the vicinity of the...
Juwali armed convoys move towards the capital
On 9 June, a large convoy of Zintani forces led by Osama Juwaili and linked to the umbrella collective of the Zintan Military Council (ZMC)...
Clashes reported between Juwaili and Zoubi forces
On 2 June, clashes reportedly broke out between forces aligned to Zintani commander Osama Juwaili and forces aligned with the commander of the 301...
Bahroun given CT intelligence position
On 2 June, the Zawiyyan Security Directorate dismissed the militia commander, Muhammed Bahroun (also known as ‘al-Far’, the ‘Mouse’) from his role...
Militias vie for control of External Security Agency building in Tripoli
On 1 June, clashes broke out between forces aligned with Ayoub Abu Ras, including members of the Tripoli Revolutionaries Brigade (TRB) and the...
Nawasi clashes with SSA
On 28 May, clashes briefly broke out between the Nawasi Brigade and elements of Abdul Ghani al-Kikli’s (Ghinaywa) Stability and Support Apparatus...
Tribal forces in southern Libya seeking to form anti-LNA coalition
Reports have emerged that Ali Kanna, a Tuareg military commander, is attempting to build an anti-Libyan National Army (LNA) armed group to remove...
Menfi reinstates Qaddour as Deputy Head of Intelligence Services
On 25 May, the Head of the Presidential Council (PC), Muhammed al-Menfi, issued a decision (PC Resolution No. 588 of 2022) reinstating the Commander...
Dabaiba suspends 166 Brigade operations in al-Shuwayrif
On 21 May, the Government of National Unity (GNU) Prime Minister, Abdul Hameed Dabaiba, issued a directive to the 166 Brigade suspending their...
Zintani convoy under Juwaili mobilises to southern Tripoli
On the evening of 18 May, a large convoy affiliated to Juwaili headed to al-Swani in southern Tripoli from a base in al-Aziziyah. The 444 Brigade...
Bashaagha enters Tripoli via Mitiga airport but is forced to withdraw shortly afterwards by armed groups
On 17 May, soon after midnight local time, the House of Representatives (HoR) appointed Prime Minister and head of the Government of National...
GNU demotes militia leaders following Bashaagha’s exit from Tripoli
On 17-18 May, the Government of National Unity (GNU) and GNU Prime Minister, Abdul Hameed Dabaiba, enacted a series of demotions in the immediate...
LNA sends reinforcements to Murzuq
On 15 May, the Libyan National Army (LNA) General Command reportedly sent reinforcements to the Murzuq Military District in southwestern Libya. They...
Clashes between smugglers and security forces at Bani Walid
On 14 May, clashes broke out between suspected smugglers and a counter-terrorism force affiliated with the 444 Brigade in District 51, near Bani...
777 Brigade commander Tajouri criticises Dabaiba
On 5 May, former Tripoli Revolutionaries Brigade (TRB) leader and current 777 Brigade commander, Haithem Tajouri, was reported by local media to...
Territorial clashes break out in Zawiyya
On 4 May, clashes broke out in Zawiyya between armed groups affiliated with Mohammed Bahroun (also known as ‘al-Far’, the ‘Mouse’) from the Hneish...
Bashaagha hints at Sirte being GNS administrative capital
On 4 May, House of Representatives (HoR) Designate Prime Minister, Fathi Bashaagha, gave a speech to regional social and tribal leaders at the...
Rada receives shipment of 100-150 armoured vehicles from Tripoli Port
On 2 May, Special Deterrence Force (Rada) reportedly received a shipment of 100-150 armoured vehicles from Tripoli Port. Local media claimed that...
Dabaiba seeks to mobilise forces in response to oil blockade, PC blocks mobilisation
On 21 April, the Government of National Unity’s (GNU) Prime Minister, Abdul Hameed Dabaiba, issued a letter to the head of the Libyan Presidential...
Bashaagha reported to announce “Operation Snake Hunting” once again
In the last week, various Libyan media and social media outlets have claimed that the House of Representatives (HoR) Designate Prime Minister, Fathi...
Coastal road closed by armed groups linked to Muammar al-Dawi
On 25 April, Muammar al-Dawi’s 55 Battalion reportedly mobilised near Bridge 27 (between Tripoli and Zawiyya) and closed part of the coastal road....
Attorney General orders seizure of suspected illegal oil tankers
On 23 April, the Attorney General Sadiq al-Sour ordered the detention of an oil tanker for smuggling illicit fuel from Abu Kammash, west of Zuwara...
Localised clashes break out in Zawiyya
Beginning on 22 April and continuing intermittently through the night until the next day, clashes took place in Zawiyya between an armed group led...
Nawasi Brigade calls for militias to remain neutral
On 17 April, the Nawasi Brigade released a statement calling upon all armed groups in the capital to remain neutral and not be drawn into conflict...
Bashaagha meets with Misratan armed group commanders in Tunis
On 14 April, Bashaagha held discussions with Misratan 166 Brigade commander Mohamed Hosen, Counter Terrorism Force (CTF) commander Mukhtar Jahawi,...
Audit Bureau confirms payment of LNA salaries
On 10 April, the Audit Bureau sent a letter to the Government of National Unity (GNU) Ministry of Finance approving the payment of Libyan National...
LNA 5+5 representatives cease all cooperation with the GNU
On 9 April, Libyan National Army (LNA) aligned members of Libya’s 5+5 Joint Military Commission (JMC) announced that they were suspending their...
444 Brigade raids human trafficking compound in Bani Walid
On 9 April, the Tripoli-based 444 Brigade announced that it had conducted a security operation against a human trafficking compound in Bani Walid,...
LNA West Sirte Liberation Operations Room reinstated
On 7 April, a delegation of senior officers from the Libyan National Army’s (LNA) General Command, including the sons of the head of the LNA,...
Clashes in Tripoli between SSA and Nawasi Brigade
On 4 April, clashes broke out in Tripoli’s Al-Sarim Street between the Stability Support Apparatus (SSA) led by Abdul-Ghani al-Kikli (Ghneiwa) and...
Assasination of senior LNA commander in Benghazi
On 3 April, Libyan National Army (LNA) commander, Shuaib Boumediene, was shot and killed by unidentified assailants in Benghazi. Local reports...
444 Brigade captures 100,000 litres of smuggled fuel
On 2 April, the 444 Brigade announced that it had captured three trucks carrying 100,000 litres of smuggled fuel south of Bani Walid. According to...
Zawiyya seeks to incorporate Janzour National Mobilisation Force
On 27 March, the commander of the GNU West Coastal Military Region, Major General Salahadeen al-Namroush, issued a decision to create a committee...
HoR alters constitutional amendment
On 24 March, the HoR and its Speaker Aqeela Saleh published an altered text of the HoR’s amendment of Article 30 of the Constitutional Declaration...
Bashaagha calls on officials to disregard GNU directives
On 23 March, Bashaagha called on officials and institutions to disregard instructions from the Government of National Unity (GNU) led by Abdul...
Tariq Bin Zayed members killed in Benghazi
On 16 March, Libyan National Army (LNA) Tariq Bin Zayid Intervention Battalion member, al-Mutasim al-Warfalli, was shot to the head and killed in...
LNA blocks shipment of armed vehicles allegedly destined for Rada
On 15 March, it was reported the LNA forces aligned to Saddam Haftar (son of Khalifa Haftar) had seized a shipment carrying a hundred armoured...
Tripoli militias reinforce their positions
On 14 March, HoR-appointed Prime Minister designate Fathi Bashaagha, stated that he and his Government of National Stability (GNS) would enter the...
Dabaiba tours Abu Salim with Ghinaywa
On 12 March, GNU Prime Minister Dabaiba toured Tripoli Zoo in Tripoli’s Abu Salim neighbourhood with the Zoo’s Director and members of the Stability...
Bashaagha attempts to enter Tripoli but withdraws after meeting resistance
On 10 March, armed groups from Misrata, Wershafana, and Zawiyya aligned to House of Representatives (HoR) appointed Prime Minister Fathi Bashaagha...
LNA tests surface-to-surface ballistic missiles in eastern Libya
On 7 March, the Libyan National Army (LNA) Artillery and Missile Company launched two R-17 short range surface-to-surface ballistic missiles during...
Two of Bashaagha’s new ministers kidnapped and later released
On 3 March, the Misratan Joint Force under the command of Mohammed Issa is alleged to have temporarily detained the GNS Minister for Foreign...
Armed group closes pipeline suspending operations at Sharara
On 3 March, an armed group shut off the pipeline valve linking the Sharara, al-Feel and Hamada oil fields to Zawiyya and Mellitah oil terminals as...
Ghinaywa and Bin Rajab shift to support to Dabaiba
On 2 March, Zawiyyan militia command Mohammed Bin Rajab - in the company of key militia commanders including head of the Security Support Apparatus...
HoR grants confidence to Bashaagha Cabinet
On 1 March, the HoR granted confidence to Bashaagha's slightly amended Cabinet list, dubbed the Government of National Stability (GNS). At the time...
Dabaiba prohibits all military movements without prior permission
On 1 March, Dabaiba issued a decision as the Minister of Defence prohibiting armed groups from mobilising without his orders. In the following days,...
Zintani mobilisation in response to concerns about LNA moves towards Tripoli
On 25 February, the Zintani Joint Operations Room mobilised to the Qadamat checkpoint south of Ghariyan and established earthwork defence positions...
IOM accuses SSA of abuses
On 23 February, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) accused members of the Support and Stability Apparatus (SSA) of killing a migrant...
Al-Far closes coastal road after militia member arrested by Rada
On 19 February, members of an armed group led by Mohammed Bahroun (also known as ‘al-Far’, the ‘Mouse’) closed the coastal road between Zawiyya and...
5+5 JMC warns that political turmoil could end peace
On 15 February, members of the 5+5 Joint Military Commission (JMC) from the western region issued a statement expressing concerns that peace...
Rada commander and his family killed in their home in Tripoli
On 14 February, a Special Deterrence Force (Rada) commander, Ibrahim Zaghdud al-Naluti, was killed with his wife and children by unknown assailants...
HoR selects Bashaagha as new PM
On 10 February, the House of Representatives (HoR) voted ‘unanimously’ to appoint Fathi Bashaagha as Prime Minister designate and the High State...
Assassination Attempt on GNU PM Dabaiba
On the evening of 9 February, unidentified assailants fired upon Dabaiba and his convoy as he travelled along the Souq al-Jumaa Highway in what has...
GECOL reports damage to Zawiyya power station following clashes
On 6 February, the General Electricity Company of Libya (GECOL) reported that the Zawiyya line had been damaged during the clashes at al-Farnaj on 5...
777 Brigade clashes with Judicial Force in Tripoli
On 5 February, the 777 Brigade clashed with units linked to the Judicial Police Force (JPF) when the JPF set up checkpoint leading to al-Farnaj...
Haftar returns to official duties as head of the LNA
During the course of this week, Khalifa Haftar returned to his official duties as the head of the Libyan National Army (LNA), with Abdurrazzaq...
Clashes in Zawiyya
On 31 January, clashes broke out in Zawiyya between unidentified armed groups. During the clashes a shell landed on a civilian home resulting in at...
Failed assassination attempt on Minister of Justice
On 28 January, an assassination attempt was made against the GNU Minister of Justice, Halima Ibrahim Abdurrahman, in the al-Swani neighbourhood,...
GNU Minister of Health arrested at Mitiga Airport by Rada
On 25 January, the GNU’s Minister for Health, Ali al-Zanati, was arrested at Mitiga International Airport by the Special Deterrence Force (Rada). A...
Misratan armed groups continue to mobilise to Tripoli
On 21 January, a Misratan armed convey mobilised from Misrata to the Hamza camp in the capital in the late evening. The convoy included the very...
GNU’s MoI sends warning to security directorates of terrorist attacks
On 20 January, the GNU’s Ministry of Interior issued a warning to all its affiliates of possible terrorist attacks targeting public gatherings and...
Clashes between Rada and Nawasi at Tripoli Port
On 16 January, the Nawasi Brigade and the Special Deterrence Force (Rada) clashed at the roundabout by Tripoli port.
LNA launches military campaign to secure the south
On 13 January, the Commander of Southern Operations and Sabha Military Region Rooms, Major General al-Mabrouk Sahban, revealed that LNA forces have...
PC looks to create National Security Council
On 12 January, GNU Prime Minister Abdul Hameed Dabaiba met with the head of the Presidential Council (PC), Mohamed Menfi, and PC deputies Musa...
GNU forces carry out raid on migrants in Ain Zara
Overnight on 9 - 10 January, Libyan forces under the GNU carried out a raid on a migrant camp in Tripoli, reportedly arresting hundreds of people...
Haddad meets Nadhouri, and other senior LNA officials, for second time in Sirte
On 8 January, the GNU Chief of General Staff, Mohammed Haddad, met with the Libyan National Army (LNA) Chief of Staff, Abdurrazaq al-Nadhouri, in...
Armed group raids Akakus Oil Operations headquarters
On 5 January, an unidentified armed group thought to be from Zawiyya raided the Akakus Oil Operations Company Headquarters in Tripoli and...
Armed group raids Akakus Oil Operations headquarters
On 5 January, an unidentified armed group thought to be from Zawiyya raided the Akakus Oil Operations Company Headquarters in Tripoli and...
Armed group raids Akakus Oil Operations headquarters
On 5 January, an unidentified armed group thought to be from Zawiyya raided the Akakus Oil Operations Company Headquarters in Tripoli and...
Exchange of gunfire between Misratan armed groups and the 777 and SSA
On 5 January, Misratan armed groups linked to the 301 Brigade and Halbous Brigade exchanged gunfire with the Security Support Apparatus (SSA) and...
Armed group raids Akakus Oil Operations headquarters
On 5 January, an unidentified armed group thought to be from Zawiyya raided the Akakus Oil Operations Company Headquarters in Tripoli and...
Attempted assassination of Deputy Prime Minister near Ajalat
On 2 January, an armed man is reported to have fired upon the Government of National Unity (GNU) Deputy Prime Minister Ramadan Ahmed Boujeneh, while...
Misratan armed groups mobilise to Tripoli to support Dabaiba
Over the course of several days, fighters belonging to Misrata's key armed groups have mobilised to Tripoli. On 31 December, the 166 Brigade,...
Rada publicly distances itself from the 444 Brigade
On 26 December, Tripoli’s Special Deterrence Force (Rada or the SDF) issued a statement distancing itself from the 444 Brigade and the current...
Failed assassination attempt on Deputy MoI in the East
On 22 December, an armed group linked with drug trafficking attempted to assassinate Deputy Minister of Interior, Faraj Qaim, in Tobruk following an...
HNEC issues statement delaying elections but without a set date
On 22 December, the High National Elections Commission (HNEC) issued a formal statement delaying the first round of the presidential elections past...
Failed assassination attempt on Deputy MoI in the East
On 22 December, an armed group linked with drug trafficking attempted to assassinate Deputy Minister of Interior, Faraj Qaim, in Tobruk following an...
Zintani PFG shutdown pipelines taking 300,000bpd offline
On 20 December, the National Oil Corporation (NOC) confirmed that production from Sharara, al-Feel, Hamada and Wafa oil fields had been shut down by...
Salah Badi releases video attacking political process and Williams
On 15 December, the Misratan armed group leader Salah Badi, Commander of the al-Samoud Brigade, releasing a series of anti-election video statements...
Marwan dismissed as Commander of the Tripoli Military Zone
On 15 December, the head of the Presidential Council, Mohammed Menfi, dismissed the Commander of the Tripoli Military Zone, Abdul Baset Marwan, from...
SSA and 777 Brigade storm the Prime Minister’s office
On 15 December, the Stability Support Apparatus (SSA) led by Abdul-Ghani al-Kikli (Ghneiwa) and the 777 Brigade led by Haithem Tajouri, undertook a...
Clashes in Sebha between LNA and GNU-aligned forces
On 13 December, clashes broke out in Sebha between the Libyan National Army (LNA)’s 115 Brigade and Tariq Bin Ziyad Brigade (TBZ) on one side, and...
Haddad and Nadhouri meet in Sirte to discuss unifying the military apparatus
On 11 December, the Government of National Unity (GNU) Chief of Staff, Mohammed Haddad, met with the Acting Commander of the Libyan National Army...
LNA’s 106 Brigade deployed to Awbari
On 6 December, units from the Libyan National Army's (LNA) 106 Brigade were reportedly deployed to Awbari.