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.
Bathily visits Chad to discuss withdrawal of foreign fighters from Libya
On 31 March, UN Special Envoy to Libya Abdoulaye Bathily met in N’Djamena with the Transitional President of Chad, Mahamat Idriss Déby. President Déby expressed his country’s full support for the UN facilitated peace process in Libya and expressed satisfaction at...
Bathily tours Sudan as part of 5+5 JMC peace efforts
On 30 March, UN Special Envoy to Libya Abdoulaye Bathily started an official tour to visit Sudan, Chad and Niger as part of UNSMIL’s mandate to restore peace and stability in Libya ‘including through supporting the 5+5 Joint Military Commission (JMC) in the...
UN Fact-Finding Mission issues final report on Libya’s deteriorating human rights situation
On 27 March, the UN Fact-Finding Mission (FFM) on Libya issued its final report expressing deep concern over the country’s deteriorating human rights situation. It concluded there are grounds to believe a wide array of war crimes and crimes against humanity have been...
IAEA inspectors locate most of the missing uranium in southern Libya
On 26 March, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said that UN inspectors visiting southern Libya had found drums containing natural uranium. In a statement to the Associated Press, the IAEA said inspectors visited the area on 21 March and saw the material...
EU extends IRINI’s mandate
On 20 March, the Council of the European Union (EU) extended the mandate of operation IRINI until 31 March 2025.
US Assistant Secretary of State meets separately with Haftar and Saleh
On 20 March, US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf accompanied a delegation headed by Special Envoy Richard Norland and Chargè d'affaires Leslie Ordman in a trip to Benghazi. It met with Libyan National Army (LNA) Commander Khalifa...
Joint Libyan Navy delegation attends US summit
On 20 – 23 March, the US Naval Forces Europe-Africa held the inaugural African Maritime Forces Summit in Cape Verde focusing on ‘security at sea enable stability ashore.’ The US thanked the Libyan Navy joint delegation for participating and stressed that ‘regional...
UNSMIL and UK hold meeting on forwarding security track
On 16 March, the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) and the UK (in its role as the current lead co-chair of the Security Working Group of the Berlin Process International Follow-up Committee) hosted a meeting to discuss the way forward in the security track, the...
Italy accuses Wagner of being behind spike in migration flows and failing to respond to capsized vessel north of Benghazi
On 12 March, a boat carrying 47 people from eastern Libya towards Italy capsized due to bad weather in the central Mediterranean about 177km north of Benghazi. 17 people were rescued and 30 are missing. The charity Alarm Phone accused the Italian coastguard of failing...