International actors
Tracking developments of international actors in Libya’s security space including military activity, the presence of foreign operatives and diplomacy pertaining to Libya’s security.
Ship held in Greece port on suspicion of carrying military vehicles to Benghazi
On 4 August, the Panamanian flagged cargo ship, AYA1, reportedly arrived in Misrata port after having been intercepted by the EUNAVFOR Operation Irini in the eastern Mediterranean in mid-July. According to TA NEA, NATO had reportedly received intelligence that the...
Saddam Haftar meets with Chadian president in N’Djamena
On 1 August, as an envoy of his father, Libyan National Army (LNA) Commander Khalifa Haftar, Chief of Staff of LNA Ground Forces Saddam Khalifa Haftar made a brief visit to Chad´s capital N'Djamena. After an official reception ceremony, he met with President Mahamat...
Erdoğan, Meloni, and Dabaiba discuss migration in Istanbul meeting
On 1 August, a trilateral meeting took place between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, and Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hameed Dabaiba in Istanbul, at the Dolmabahçe Palace on the European shore of the Bosporus. Its main...
US embassy denies ‘inflammatory’ rumours about US seeking to relocate Gazans to Libya
Amid speculation about whether the highly controversial issue of Gazans potentially being forcibly relocated to Libya as part of a deal between the US and Libya, the US embassy was forced to issue another denial. On 25 July, the US Embassy said, ‘The Embassy...
Trump’s Africa Advisor Bolous deepens US engagement with Haftars during Benghazi visit
On 24 July, US President Donald Trump’s Senior Advisor for Africa, Massad Boulos, held a meeting with House of Representatives (HoR) Speaker Aqeela Saleh, accompanied by the Director of the Libyan Development and Reconstruction Fund, Belqassim Haftar, and the Chief of...
Human Rights Co-Chairs alarmed at deaths in custody in Libya
On 24 July, the Co-Chairs of the International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Working Group of the International Follow-up Committee on Libya of the Berlin Process – the Netherlands, Switzerland, and UNSMIL – said they are alarmed by the numerous deaths in custody...
Greece seeks to win over LNA with training programmes on migration control
On 23 July, Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis stressed during an interview with Skai TV that Greece will not tolerate illegal mass migration. He said it will do everything in its power to prevent it within the framework of international law. A first group of Libyan...
Greek PM invites GNU to discuss ongoing maritime dispute as Athens prepares formal response
On 22 July Greek diplomatic sources explained to the Greek newspaper Kathimerini that a formal response to recent Libyan diplomatic notes in the maritime border dispute is being prepared, relying on ‘fully documented, strictly legal arguments’. They stressed that,...
Operation IRINI commander leads EU visit to Libya
On 22 – 24 July, the commander of EUNAVFOR MED Operation IRINI, Admiral Valentino Rinaldi, visited Libya for the first time accompanied by a EU delegation, and met with Libyan officials including the Attorney General and Government of National Unity (GNU) ministers....