Libyan actors
Tracking developments of Libyan Actors in Libya’s security space including armed group activity, state security operations and political activities pertaining to Libya’s security.
Arbitrary detention of young man in Kufra
On 4 March, a young man named Ahmed Koushi Al-Tabawi was arbitrarily arrested in the Market Street area in the centre of Al-Kufra city by members of the Internal Security Agency office in Al-Kufra city. He was transferred to the headquarters of the ISA in Benghazi and...
Dabaiba Iftar with Zawiyyan militias in Tripoli sparks controversy
PM Abdul Hameed Dabaiba has been using the fast break in Ramadan for invitations to various militia leaders and other key actors from northern Tripolitania to Iftar dinner in Tripoli. During these meetings, Dabaiba is usually accompanied by Minister of Interior Emad...
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...
PC head al-Menfi signs MoU with international team investigating killing of Saif al-Islam
On 28 February, Presidential Council head Mohamed al-Menfi received an international team ‘comprised of elite jurists and specialized experts’, as part of following up on the updates in the murder of Saif al-Islam al-Qadhafi. The meeting addressed the legal and...
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...
NIHRL urges immediate release of peaceful protestors in Tripoli
On 28 February, the National Institution for Human Rights in Libya (NIHRL) urged the immediate release of people detained during the recent peaceful protests in Tripoli, saying security forces from several state bodies carried out arbitrary arrests targeting citizens...
Live fire used against anti-Dabaiba protestors in Tripoli
On 27 February in the evening after the last Ramadan prayer, protesters gathered in central Tripoli, at first at Algeria Square and later on also at Martyr’s Square, expressing their discontent with worsening living conditions and demanding the removal of all existing...
Attorney General sentences people smuggler to 30 years in prison
On 26 February, the Attorney General’s Office announced it has filed a criminal case against an individual from a criminal organization whose members deliberately engaged in human trafficking, organized the smuggling of migrants across the sea, and deprived some...
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...