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.
Head of Qadhafi Director of External Security Agency released from prison
On 18 February, General Abdullah Mansour al-Suleimani, the former Director of Internal Security under Muammar Qadhafi, was released from prison. Following his release, Suleimani travelled to Niamey, Niger, where he was reportedly received by Muhammad Mansour, the...
EUBAM organises training for Libya border force
Over the course of the last few weeks, the EU’s Border Assistance Mission in Libya (EUBAM) has launched a number of initiatives. On 12 February, EUBAM announced that in cooperation with the Netherlands, it organised a basic level training on document security for...
Clashes in Tajoura, flights from Mitiga suspended
On 9 February, clashes broke out in Tajoura, east of Tripoli, between the al-Duraa militia (aka the Baqara Brigade named after its commander Bashir Khalaf Allah or ‘the cow’) and the Sabriyya militia. The clashes were reportedly prompted when a member of the Sabriyya...
5+5 JMC meeting agrees on mechanism for withdrawal of mercenaries
On 7 and 8 February, the 5+5 Joint Military Commission (JMC) and liaison committees from Libya, Sudan and Niger held a two-day meeting in Cairo chaired by UN Special Envoy to Libya Abdoulaye Bathily. On 8 February, the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) issued a...
Reports of clashes in Zawiyya
On the evening of 5 February to the morning of 6 February, clashes broke out in Zawiyya between unidentified groups. At least two people were killed and four were injured. The clashes ceased following the intervention of the 103 Brigade.
EU provides search and rescue vessel to Libyan coastguard
On 6 February, EU Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi attended the handover ceremony of the first of five EU-financed search and rescue vessels to the Libyan coastguard. The handover ceremony took place in Adria, Italy, in the presence of Antonio Tajani, Deputy Prime...
Reports US is seeking to push Wagner out of Libya
On 3 February, The Associated Press and the Wall Street Journal claimed that regional officials from Libya, Egypt, and Sudan have stated that the US is looking to increase its efforts to remove the Russian private military company, the Wagner Group, from Libya and...
Dabaiba and Kabir meet armed groups in Zawiyya
On 1 February, the Government of National Unity (GNU) Prime Minister, Adul Hameed Dabaiba, and the Central Bank of Libya (CBL) Governor, Sadiq al-Kabir met with the 162 Brigade and other armed forces aligned to the Commander of the West Coastal Military Region, Major...
Bathily meets with Moroccan Foreign Minister and other regional diplomats to discuss Libya
On 31 January, UN Special Envoy to Libya and the head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Abdoulaye Bathily, met with the Moroccan Foreign Minister, Nasser Bourita, in Morocco where the two discussed events in Libya. Bourita reportedly offered...