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.
Italian Senate ratifies prisoner transfer agreement with Libya
On 11 September, the Italian Senate ratified the prisoner transfer agreement signed between Libya and Italy in Palermo on 29 September 2023. The agreement allows Libyan convicts in Italy to serve their sentences inside Libya and is supposed to prevent uneasy...
LNIHR accuses Tripoli armed groups of war crimes in ICC report
On 6 September, Libya’s National Institution for Human Rights submitted a report to the International Criminal Court (ICC) accusing armed groups of war crimes during clashes in Tripoli on 12-13 May. According to the report, the violence killed 25 civilians, injured...
Sudan submits evidence to UN of UAE sending mercenaries via Libya
On 6 September, Sudan filed a new complaint supported with evidence to the Security Council regarding the direct involvement of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the ongoing war in Sudan, including its role in recruiting Colombian mercenaries and deploying them to...
Khaled Haftar meets Russian MoD in second Moscow visit this week
On 5 September, the newly-appointed Chief of Staff of the Libyan National Army (LNA) Khaled Haftar visited Moscow for the second time in a week, meeting Russian Defence Minister Andrey Belousov. According to the Russian Defence Ministry, they discussed bilateral...
Berlin working group urges peaceful resolution of GNU-Rada issues
On 4 September, the Berlin Process Security Working Group (SWG) co-chairs - SRSG Hanna Tetteh and the ambassadors of the African Union, France, Italy, Turkey, and the UK - held a meeting at UNSMIL’s HQ in Janzour in the presence of Libyan Army Chief of General Staff...
Deputy GNU MoD Zoubi meets Italian ministers in Rome
On 4 September, the Italian Minister of Defense Guido Crosetto received the Government of National Unity (GNU) Deputy Minister of Defense for Regions and Military Affairs Abdussalam Zoubi in Rome. Topics discussed included the development of the Libyan Armed Forces'...
Ibrahim Dabaiba and Saddam Haftar meet in Rome
On 2 September, according to Italian media reports, Ibrahim Dabaiba (the nephew and close advisor of PM Abdul Hameed Dabaiba) and Saddam Haftar (the son of Khalifa Haftar and now Deputy Commander of the Libyan National Army) met in person on Rome along with Massad...
LNA CoS Khaled Haftar in Moscow for first official visit
On 29 August, the newly-appointed Chief of Staff of the Libyan National Army (LNA) Khaled Haftar arrived in Moscow for an official visit, his first in this role. He was received at the airport by Deputy Russian Defense Minister, Colonel-General Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, in...
Turkey tries to mediate truce between GNU and Rada
On 29 August, Turkish diplomats and senior officers present in Tripoli reportedly started to mediate between the Government of National Unity (GNU) and the Special Deterrence Force (Rada). It seems some sort of agreement may have been reached between the GNU and Rada...