On 5 May, former Tripoli Revolutionaries Brigade (TRB) leader and current 777 Brigade commander, Haithem Tajouri, was reported by local media to...
777 Brigade commander Tajouri criticises Dabaiba
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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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
Attacks on HNEC voting sites in Tripoli area
On 2 December, the High National Elections Commission (HNEC) stated that four of its electoral centres in Aziziya and one in Tripoli had been...
GNU Ministers of Interior and Justice express concern over securing elections
On 1 December, the Government of National Unity (GNU) Minister of Interior Khaled Mazen and the Minister of Justice Halima Abdurrahman released a...
Zawiyyan armed groups mobilise and push towards Bridge 27
On 26 November, reports circulated that Zawiyya-based armed groups and the Warshefana 55 Battalion had mobilised and were pushing reinforcements to...
MoI recognises attacks may occur on electoral locations
On 26 November, Government of National Unity (GNU) Minister of Interior Khaled Mazen stated that all efforts to secure national elections were going...
SSA open western branch in Syad neighbourhood of Tripoli
On 23 November, the Stability Support Apparatus (SSA) opened a western branch in the Syad neighbourhood of Tripoli, ‘to strengthen the rule of law...
LNA reportedly attempts to arrest Saif Qadhafi in Sebha
On 22 November, reports emerged that the Libyan National Army’s (LNA) 106 Brigade had initiated a search and arrest operation for Saif al-Islam...
NOC and MOOG deny armed group attack on HQ
On 21 November, the National Oil Corporation (NOC) issued a statement insisting that rumours that there were clashes at the NOC HQ were unfounded....
Dabaiba announces TBZ and 166 Brigade to secure oil distribution route
On 18 November, following a meeting between Government of National Unity (GNU) Prime Minister Abdul Hameed Dabaiba and the Brega Petroleum Marketing...
Western armed groups and municpalities protest againt Saif al-Islam Qadhafi
On 14 – 16 November, armed groups in Misrata, Zawiyya, Zintan, Zliten and Khoms, as well as other western towns, protested against Saif’s candidacy....
Clashes between Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Interior forces in Tripoli
On 11 November, the GNU’s Ministry of Justice aligned Judicial Police Agency and the Narcotics Control Force aligned to the GNU’s Ministry of...
Volcano of Rage leaders reject electoral law
On 9 November, 22 leaders of the Volcano of Rage Operation (VoR) - the western-based military umbrella under which many GNA-aligned armed groups...
LNA military deployments in southern Libya
Last week, reports surfaced that the Libya National Army (LNA) had deployed additional ground forces from Jufra to Sebha, including Sudanese...
Clashes in Al-Zahra, Warshafana
On 6 November, clashes broke out in Warshafana between Muammar al-Dawi’s 55 Battalion and the Ramzi al-Lafaa Brigade. The clashes were sparked when...
Clashes in Zawiyya between Isnad and SSA
On 4 November, clashes broke out in the Jadda'im area of Zawiyya between armed groups aligned to the Isnad Support Force of the Zawiyya Security...
Armed groups close the coastal road
On 2 November, unidentifed armed groups reportedly closed the Misurata-Sirte road at Abu Grein. They were reportedly demanding the payment of dues...
Eastern security directorates say they will only follow orders from eastern MoI
On 28 October, a number of heads of eastern security directorates declared they will only follow orders from Qaim, and not the Tripoli-based...
Armed group storms Ministry of Youth and Sports in Tripoli
On 27 October, an unidentified armed group stormed the Ministry of Sport in Tripoli. According to a ministry statement, an ‘illegal force’...
Kidnapping attempt on head of the Tripoli Military Zone
On 27 October, an armed group affiliated to the 444 Brigade launched a failed attempt to kidnap the Commander of the Tripoli Military Zone, Abdul...
Clashes in Zawiyya over access to Zawiyya oil refinery
On the evening of 25 October and throughout the morning of 26 October, there were clashes in Zawiyya between the First Division (Esnad) (also known...
Joint SSA-777 force spreads along airport road to block 444
On 24 October, the 777 Brigade, led by Haithem Tajouri, along with the Stability Support Apparatus (SSA) led by Abdul-Ghani al-Kikli (Ghinaywa)...
GNU MoL launches DDR initiative
On 23 October, the Government of National Unity (GNU) Ministry of Labour and Rehabilitation launched its Disarmament, Demobilization and...
Casualties reported from tribal clashes in Tubruq
On 15 October, one person was reportedly killed and several injured during clashes between the Habouni and Al-Ashibi tribes in Al- Zohour...
LNA undertakes raids on aligned southern forces
On 13 October, the Libyan National Army (LNA)’s Tariq Bin Zayid (TBZ) battalion undertook an operation against LNA-aligned units stationed in...
Head of Internal Security Service reportedly arrested on plane at Mitiga
On 12 October, an unidentified armed group allegedly affiliated with GNU Prime Minister Abdul Hameed Dabaiba reportedly kidnapped Major General...
5+5 JMC agree on comprehensive Action Plan for withdrawal of mercenaries and foreign fighters
On 8 October, the 5+5 Joint Military Commission (JMC) concluded a three-day meeting in Geneva by signing a comprehensive Action Plan ‘for the...
Clashes in Tripoli between MoI and MoD aligned groups
On the evening of 8 October, clashes broke out between 301 Battalion and the Security Directorate Support Force (SDSF) in the Airport Road...
Zintan forces undertake counter-terrorism operation in western region
On 7 October, the Western Military Region Joint Force under the command of Usama Juwaili and the General Security Services led by Emad Trabelsi...
Violence against migrants in Gargaresh
On 1 October, a migrant was killed and at least 15 others injured, six seriously, when the Government of National Unity (GNU) Ministry of Interior,...
Menfi and Juweili discuss military situation in Libya’s western region
On 30 September, the Libyan Army’s Joint Operations Room for the Western Military Region, headed by Osama Juweili met with the head of head of the...
5+5 JMC members reportedly agree on plan to withdraw foreign forces by end of October
On 29 September, it was reported that the members of the 5+5 Joint Military Commission (JMC) had agreed on the need for the withdrawal of all...