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.
LNA signs border control agreement with Turkey amid mounting border insecurities
On 21 July, the Libyan National Army (LNA) signed a border security deal with an unnamed private Turkish company to implement an advanced land border management and surveillance system to assist with monitoring and control over Libya’s southern borders. The LNA said...
Prominent Muslim Brotherhood leader arrested in Tripoli & extradited to Egypt
Prominent Egyptian fugitive Mahmoud Mohamed Fathi Badr and his wife were detained by “Libyan authorities” in the late afternoon on 19 July at the al-Tawfiq Hotel in the Dahra neighborhood of Tripoli. The incident remains shrouded in mystery, as official confirmation...
US Appeals Court says Abu Khatallah’s sentence is too lenient
On 17 July, a three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit concluded that the 28-year sentence handed out to Ahmed Abu Khatallah was too lenient and does not reflect the seriousness of his crimes. Abu Khatallah was convicted of...
Amnesty urges EU to halt migration cooperation with Libya due to abuses
On 17 July, Amnesty International said that ‘31 civil society organisations call on EU institutions and member states to urgently end their shameful cooperation with Libyan authorities on migration control.’ It said that plans to strengthen cooperation with rival...
NHRIL confirms death of prisoner from torture in Qarnada Military Prison
On 16 July, the National Human Rights Institution in Libya (NHRIL) announced the death of 41-year-old Awad Shehat Al-Karimi Al-Obeidi under torture inside Qarnada Military Prison. It said that Al-Obeidi's body was found near a hospital in Benghazi, where his family...
UN report highlights plight of migrants stuck between Libya & Tunisia
On 16 July, UN experts expressed serious concern over reports that more than 7,400 people, mostly from sub-Saharan Africa, are victims of a systematic pattern of arbitrary detention, collective expulsion and trafficking at the Tunisia-Libya border and in Libya, since...
Zoubi meets Egypt’s Intelligence Director In El Alamein
On 16 July, Ministry of Defense Undersecretary for Regions and Military Affairs Lieutenant General Abdul Salam Zoubi met in El Alamein, Egypt, the Director of the Egyptian General Intelligence Service (GIS, ‘Mukhabarat’), Major General Hassan Rashad. The discussions...
Jordan’s Intelligence Director visits Tripoli
On 15 July, Government of National Unity (GNU) Prime Minister Abdul Hameed Dabaiba received Major General Ahmad Husni, the Director of Jordan’s General Intelligence Directorate. During the visit, the discussions between the two officials focused on strengthening...
Trabelsi discusses migration with EU Commissioner
On 15 July, Government of National Unity (GNU) Minister of Interior (MoI) Emad Trabelsi met in Brussels with EU Commissioner for Home Affairs and Migration Magnus Brunner to discuss ways to strengthen cooperation in combating irregular migration and human trafficking...