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.
IAEA reports 2.5 tons of uranium are missing in Libya, LNA reports finding it near Chadian border
On 15 March, it was announced in multiple major Western newspapers and media outlets, including the BBC, The Telegraph, Guardian, Vox, and Reuters, that International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors had discovered that roughly 2.5 tons of unprocessed (or...
Bathily hosts meeting with 5+5 JMC and commanders from both Libyan militaries
On 15 March, UN Special Envoy to Libya Abdoulaye Bathily hosted a meeting in Tunis bringing together the 5+5 Joint Military Commission (JMC) and several commanders of the military and security units in the West and East of Libya. The meeting focused on establishing ‘a...
Anti-Immigration Unit face off with GNU MoI
On 12 March, the Government of National Unity (GNU) Minister of Interior Emad Trabelsi announced the launch of a security plan to secure Libya’s borders, ports and the desert to combat smuggling. On 13 March, the Anti-Illegal Immigration Agency mobilised forces in Ben...
Clashes break out in Tajoura
On 12 March, clashes broke out in Tajoura, in eastern Tripoli, between the al-Duraa militia (aka the Baqara Brigade named after its commander Bashir Khalaf Allah or ‘the cow’) and the Aswad Tajoura (Lions of Tajoura) brigade. They reportedly started due to a member of...
Italy accuses Wagner of being behind spike in migration flows and failing to respond to capsized vessel north of Benghazi
On 12 March, a boat carrying 47 people from eastern Libya towards Italy capsized due to bad weather in the central Mediterranean about 177km north of Benghazi. 17 people were rescued and 30 are missing. The charity Alarm Phone accused the Italian coastguard of failing...
ISIS members sentenced in France
On March 10, a French couple who joined ISIS in Liyba were sentenced to prison by an Assize Court in Paris. According to reports, the couple joined ISIS in Libya with their two children in 2016 before being handed over to Egyptian authorities in April 2019 and...
Haddad meets with the Alergian People’s National Army Chief of Staff
On 9 March, the Government of National Unity (GNU) Army Chief of Staff, Muhammed al-Haddad, met with the Chief of Staff of Algerian People's National Army, Lieutenant General Said Chenegriha, at Algerian People's National Army Headquarters in Algiers. Reportedly,...
GNU MoI Emad Trabesli briefly detained at Paris airport
On 3 March, reports indicated that the Government of National Unity (GNU) Minister of Interior, Emad Trabelsi, was temporarily detained at the Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris before being released again a few hours later. It is understood that he was arrested...
IRINI monitors 25 suspicious flights to Libya and visited 9 vessels in February
On 2 March, the EU naval force Operation EUNAVFOR MED IRINI said that in February 2023 it had investigated 271 merchant vessels via radio calls (out of 8647) and carried out nine visits on ships with Masters’ consent (out of 434). The Operation also monitored 25...