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.
NOC hires company to manage damaged Russian tanker off Libyan coast
On 21 March, the NOC announced that through its subsidiary Mellitah Oil & Gas and in cooperation with Italy’s Eni, an international company in has been contracted to handle the damaged Russian gas tanker currently drifting off the Libyan coast. The NOC said the...
Malta suspends Harmony Jets’ license after the al-Haddad plane crash
On 18 March, Transport Malta informed the media that it has suspended Harmony Jets’ Air Operator Certificate (AOC) and the company’s ‘Certificate of Airworthiness’ for all aircraft. In a statement sent to Times of Malta, Harmony Jets said that, ‘The company does not...
Human Rights Watch urges Libyan authorities to surrender suspects to ICC
On 11 March, Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged Libyan authorities to surrender suspects to the International Criminal Court (ICC). HRW urged Libyan authorities to immediately surrender Osama Najeem aka al-Masri to the ICC which has charged the ‘senior member of the...
Two migrants dead and 40 rescued in Kufra desert as deportation efforts continue
On 11 March, the eastern authorities announced the death of two migrants and the rescue of forty others after the vehicle carrying them overturned in the desert southeast of Kufra. In addition, migrant boats trying to reach Europe have been intercepted, including one...
Italy says Libyan authorities have thwarted 2,568 migration attempts in 2026
On 10 March, Italian Minister of Interior, Matteo Piantedosi, revealed that Libyan authorities have thwarted 2,568 migration attempts since the beginning of 2026, while Tunisia prevented 2,528 illegal migration attempts.
UNHCR launches Sudanese Refugee Response Plan for Libya
On 8 March, the UNHCR published its 2026 Sudanese Refugee Response Plan for Libya. The report said that by the end of December 2025, an estimated 550,000 Sudanese refugees had arrived in Libya and most are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance. UNHCR has...
Russian LNG tanker off the coast of Libya presumably attacked by drone
On 4 March, the Libyan Ports and Maritime Transport Authority said that Libya’s Search and Rescue Coordination Centre (RCC) had received a distress call on the evening of 3 March from the Russian Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) carrier Arctic Metagaz. The call indicated...
Libyan reactions to the American-Israeli attack on Iran
On 28 February, the Benghazi-based Government of National Stability (GNS) issued a formal condemnation regarding the dangerous expansion of regional conflict in the Middle East, characterizing recent escalations as a direct violation of international law and a primary...
GNU protests against Niger extraditing two SLOR-linked individuals to LNA
On 26 February, the Government of National Unity's (GNU) Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a note verbale to the Nigerien embassy in Tripoli protesting the extradition of Bahr al Din and al Sayyid al Qallal – originally from the south and west of the country – to...