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 and Trabelsi discuss security situation
On 7 September, United Nations Special Envoy to Libya Abdoulaye Bathily met with Minister of Interior Emad Trabelsi to discuss the security situation and the ongoing efforts to preserve stability. Bathily said he emphasized the importance of engaging various security...
MoI announces electronic surveillance system for the border with Tunisia
On 6 September, during a press conference held at the headquarters of the Agency for Combating Illegal Immigration in Tripoli, Minister of Interior Emad Trabelsi announced plans to install ‘for the first time’ an electronic surveillance system consisting of day/night...
Political unrest continues around Israel meeting as Dabaiba’s opponents capitalise on crisis
The public anger and protest over the Rome meeting between the now-suspended Government of National Unity (GNU) Foreign Minister Najla al-Mangoush and her Israeli counterpart Eli Cohen in late August has continued this week. On 29 August, several young people were...
Youth of Hadba protests against Syrian mercenaries in Tripoli
During the night from 29 to 30 August, the ‘Youth of Hadba’ protested in front of the Police Officers School in the Hadba area of southern Tripoli against the presence of the Syrian mercenaries. There were no clashes with the mercenaries. The protesters asked 444...
Russia strengthens military ties to LNA with high-level visit amid death of Wagner leader
On 22 August, a Russian military delegation led by Deputy Minister of Defense Yunus-bek Yevkurov arrived in Benghazi at the invitation of Libyan National Army (LNA) Commander Khalifa Haftar. Upon his arrival at Benina airport, he was received by the Director of the...
Tripoli clashes show absence of command and control in western Libya, Bathily tells UNSC
In his address to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on 22 August, UN Special Envoy to Libya Abdoulaye Bathily said the recent clashes in Tripoli between the 444 Brigade and the Special Deterrence Forces (Rada) underlined the absence of command and control in...
FACT accuses Chadian forces of airstrikes against its base in Libya as LNA announces plan to secure borders
On 18 August, the Front pour l’Alternance et la Concorde au Tchad (FACT) published a statement in which it claimed that the Chadian army had carried out an aerial bombardment on its base in Libya, killing three people and injuring another four. It also claimed that...
Libyan and international actors condemn Tripoli clashes, call for end of hostilities
On 15 August, as the fighting intensified in Tripoli after the commander of the 444 Brigade, Mahmoud Hamza, was arrested by the Special Deterrence Force (Rada) at Mitiga Airport, condemnations and calls for peace began to roll in from key international and political...
Tunisia and Libya reach agreement to end migration crisis
On 9 August, the interior ministers of Tunisia and Libya, Kamel Fekih and Emad Trabelsi, reached an agreement in Tunis to end the crisis at the common border and to care for migrants stranded in the border area. The two countries will each take half of the people...