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.
Turkish naval vessel visits Tripoli
On 17 August, the Turkish naval vessel TCG Kinaliada docked at Tripoli port where Ambassador Güven Begec received a Turkish naval delegation, headed by Admiral Tiğli. Ministry of Defense Undersecretary for Regions and Military Affairs Abdussalam Zoubi met with the...
SRSG Tetteh meets with 5+5 Joint Military Commission in Tunis
On 14 August, UN Special Representative Hanna Tetteh convened in Tunis with Libya’s 5+5 Joint Military Commission (JMC) to take stock of the October 2020 ceasefire and explore how to keep it firmly in place. The eastern and western members of the JMC and the...
LNA officer wanted on an unsealed ICC arrest warrant
On 8 August, the Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) decided to unseal the arrest warrant issued initially on 10 November 2020 against Saif al-Nusr Suleiman Salem Sneidel. He is believed to be a member of ‘Group 50’, a sub-group of the Libyan...
Greece to extend suspension of asylum application for migrants from Libya
On 7 August, Greek Migration Minister Athanasios Plevris warned in an interview with public broadcaster ERT that if migrant flows to Crete rebound, Athens will not hesitate to extend the suspension of all asylum applications from migrants arriving by sea from North...
Greece sends formal letter to UN over maritime dispute with Libya
On 5 August, the Greek government delivered a note verbale to the UN Secretary General responding to the Libyan note of 20 June 2025, which was revealed on 13 July. In this note, Greece rejects in full the Libyan claims regarding the alleged violation of Libya´s...
Ship held in Greece port on suspicion of carrying military vehicles to Benghazi
On 4 August, the Panamanian flagged cargo ship, AYA1, reportedly arrived in Misrata port after having been intercepted by the EUNAVFOR Operation Irini in the eastern Mediterranean in mid-July. According to TA NEA, NATO had reportedly received intelligence that the...
Erdoğan, Meloni, and Dabaiba discuss migration in Istanbul meeting
On 1 August, a trilateral meeting took place between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, and Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hameed Dabaiba in Istanbul, at the Dolmabahçe Palace on the European shore of the Bosporus. Its main...
Saddam Haftar meets with Chadian president in N’Djamena
On 1 August, as an envoy of his father, Libyan National Army (LNA) Commander Khalifa Haftar, Chief of Staff of LNA Ground Forces Saddam Khalifa Haftar made a brief visit to Chad´s capital N'Djamena. After an official reception ceremony, he met with President Mahamat...
US embassy denies ‘inflammatory’ rumours about US seeking to relocate Gazans to Libya
Amid speculation about whether the highly controversial issue of Gazans potentially being forcibly relocated to Libya as part of a deal between the US and Libya, the US embassy was forced to issue another denial. On 25 July, the US Embassy said, ‘The Embassy...