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.
UNSC extends mandate of EU’s Operation Irini
On 3 June, the UN Security Council (UNSC) adopted resolution 2365 (2022) renewing the authority of Member States and regional organisations to inspect vessels off Libya’s coast suspected to be violating the UN arms embargo – effectively extending the mandate of the EU...
Libyan Coast Guard vessel opens fire on Italian ship
On 3 June, reports indicated that a Libyan Coast Guard vessel had opened fire on a fishing vessel on international waters off Benghazi. The Italian frigate Grecale had to intervene to protect the fishing vessel.
Tensions in the South related to clashes on the Libya-Chadian border
On 30 May, Chad’s Minister of Defence, General Daoud Yaya Brahim, reported that approximately 100 people have been killed and 40 injured during clashes in the Kouri Bougoudi gold mining area on the Chadian-Libyan border. Skirmishes in Kouri Bougoudi first broke out on...
UN Security Council meeting on Libya
On 26 May, the UN Security Council (UNSC) held a briefing on Libya where the UN Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, Rosemary DiCarlo, expressed concern that ‘the protracted political impasse is having an increasingly negative impact on...
Workshop on DDR launches in Spain, attended by UN, EU, GNU, and PC
On 23 May, a two-day workshop began on ‘International Ways to Support the Disarmament, Disarmament and Reintegration (DDR) Programme for Libya and the United Nations Support Mission in Libya’ in Toledo, Spain. The workshop was attended by the Government of National...
UAE hosts Dabaiba and Haftar amid reports of meeting between the two men
On 21 May, the UAE hosted the Government of National Unity (GNU) Prime Minister, Abdul Hameed Dabaiba, and the head of the Libyan National Army (LNA), Khalifa Haftar, for two separate meetings with the President of the UAE, Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, at the...
France allegedly makes plans for a federalist conference on Libya
On 21 May, France was reported to be making plans to hold a conference centred on proposing a new federalist mechanism for power-sharing in Libya based on the country's three historical regions of Tripolitania, Fezzan and Cyrenaica. Former National Transitional...
US and UK Embassies condemn clashes in Tripoli
The US and UK embassies to Libya, as well as the UN Special Advisor to the Secretary-General (SASG) Stephanie Williams, issued statements on 17 May condemning the violence in the capital and calling for restraint. They all separately stressed the need for a durable...
HoR and HSC meet for second round of constitutional dialogue in Cairo
On 15 May, the second round of the House of Representatives (HoR) and High State Council (HSC) Joint Committee on the Constitutional roadmap in Cairo began and talks are scheduled to continue until 20 May. The Special Advisor to the UN Secretary-General (SASG) on...