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.
US continues efforts to encourage military cooperation with GNU and LNA
On 9 April, US Charge d’Affaires Jeremy Berndt met with Libyan National Army (LNA) Khaled Haftar in Benghazi to discuss US Libya security cooperation. He said the US will continue to engage with military officers in all parts of Libya and to encourage Libyan efforts...
GNU delegations visit Chad and Egypt to discuss migration
Over the last week, the Government of National Unity (GNU) has participated in several international and regional meetings and forums focused on tackling illegal migration through Africa and the Mediterranean. On 8 April, the President of Chad Mahamat Idriss Déby...
Al-Koni says Libya is ‘effectively an occupied country’ due to foreign forces
On 4 April, the National Council on US Libya Relations (NCUSLR) hosted its 7th annual conference entitled, ‘Libya’s De Facto Partition; What Does the Future Hold?’ in DC. In his speech, PC Deputy Musa al-Koni described Libya as ‘effectively an occupied country,’...
Saddam Haftar meets senior Turkish general in official Turkey visit
On 4 April, Saddam Haftar visited Turkey on an official working trip at the invitation of Selçuk Bayraktaroğlu, Chief of the Turkish Land Forces. He was warmly received with formal military honours in Ankara. The visit featured high-level discussions with Turkish...
UK says four suspected people smugglers arrested in Libya
On 3 April, the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) said that four suspected people smugglers accused of moving migrants across the Mediterranean into Europe have been arrested in Libya as a result of joint working between the NCA and Libyan police. The group were...
ISA shuts down ten foreign NGOs for unauthorized support to migrants
On 2 April, Internal Security Agency (ISA) spokesman Salem Ghaith said in a press conference that the ISA in Tripoli had taken deterrent measures and closed the headquarters of a number of NGOs after monitoring their ‘transgressions’. The ISA accuses these NGOs of...
Italian and Libyan Air Forces sign pilot training agreement
On 28 March, the Italian news outlet Nova reported that an agreement has been signed between the Italian and Libyan Air Forces for the training and education of pilots from Libya in the context of the fight against illegal immigration. This was stated by the Chief of...
Deportation and repatriation of immigrants and refugees continue
On 28 March, the Government of National Unity (GNU) Ministry of Interior said that the Libyan authorities have deported several illegal Nigerien migrants back to Niger via the al-Toum land crossing, in coordination with the Niger Embassy and with security agencies in...
Tunisia sentences Libyan intelligence officers to 44 years in prison over attempted Mleqta assassination
On 28 March, four Libyan intelligence officers were sentenced to 44 years in prison each in Tunisia by the criminal chamber specialized in terrorism cases at the Court of First Instance in Tunis for terrorism-related charges and for planning an assassination. During...