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.
EUBAM organises training for Libya border force
Over the course of the last few weeks, the EU’s Border Assistance Mission in Libya (EUBAM) has launched a number of initiatives. On 12 February, EUBAM announced that in cooperation with the Netherlands, it organised a basic level training on document security for...
EU provides search and rescue vessel to Libyan coastguard
On 6 February, EU Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi attended the handover ceremony of the first of five EU-financed search and rescue vessels to the Libyan coastguard. The handover ceremony took place in Adria, Italy, in the presence of Antonio Tajani, Deputy Prime...
Reports US is seeking to push Wagner out of Libya
On 3 February, The Associated Press and the Wall Street Journal claimed that regional officials from Libya, Egypt, and Sudan have stated that the US is looking to increase its efforts to remove the Russian private military company, the Wagner Group, from Libya and...
Bathily meets with Moroccan Foreign Minister and other regional diplomats to discuss Libya
On 31 January, UN Special Envoy to Libya and the head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Abdoulaye Bathily, met with the Moroccan Foreign Minister, Nasser Bourita, in Morocco where the two discussed events in Libya. Bourita reportedly offered...
LNA issues statement accusing UK Embassy of sponsoring offensive in the South
On 28 January, a statement from the Libyan National Army's (LNA) Al-Karama Military Operation Room surfaced online claiming that the LNA had received information that the UK Embassy in Tripoli is moving to assemble the militias of the Western Region under the banner...
Italian PM travels to Tripoli to meet with Dabaiba
On 28 January, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, along with her Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani and Minister of Interior Matteo Biantidosi, arrived in Tripoli for several high level meetings. Meloni and her delegation met with the Government of National Unity...
Chadian mercenaries to leave Libya
On 22 January, a group of Chadian fighters from the Union of Forces for Democracy and Development (UFDD) - which is affiliated with the Libyan National Army (LNA) - announced their readiness to withdraw from their positions in Sebha and other areas of southern Libya...
Turkish officials meet Dabaiba and others in Tripoli
On 17 January, the Head of Turkish Intelligence, Hakan Fidan, met with the Government of National Unity (GNU) Prime Minister, Abdul Hameed Dabaiba, in the Prime Minister’s office in Tripoli to discuss the current situation in Libya. GNU Foreign Minister Najla...
Bathily announces collaboration with international monitors at 5+5 JMC meeting
On 15 January, UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG), Abdoulaye Bathily, chaired a two-day meeting of the 5+5 Joint Military Commission (JMC) in Sirte. During the meeting, Bathily announced the launch of joint work between the international...