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.
UNSC meeting on Libya reiterates need for elections and withdrawal of foreign forces
On 15 July, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) held a meeting on Libya chaired by French Foreign Minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian and attended by 15 Member States. The delegates issued a statement stressing the importance of free and fair presidential and...
Italy’s Parliament votes to renew funding to Libyan coast guard
On 15 July, the Italian Chamber of Deputies voted to renew Italy’s funding to train the Libyan coast guard. On the same day, Amnesty International published a report ‘'No one will look for you': Forcibly returned from sea to abusive detention in Libya’, documenting...
GNU establishes joint security operations room in the southern region
On 13 July, the Government of National Unity (GNU) Prime Minister Abdul Hameed Dabaiba, issued a decree to establish a joint security operations room to reinforce security in Libya’s southern region. The room will be headed by the Deputy Minister of the Interior,...
Libyan weapons allegedly used by ISIS terrorists in Nigeria
On 13 July, the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) published ‘Islamic State fortifies its position in the Lake Chad Basin’, detailing how ‘Boko Haram fighters who left for Libya over the years for different reasons are returning to the Lake Chad Basin to re-join...
ISIS claim responsibility for another attack in south
On 14 June, ISIS claimed responsibility for an ambush and improvised explosive devise (IED) attack that killed the commander of an Libyan National Army (LNA) patrol, Captain Ali Muhammad Othman, near Haruj (Harouj) Mountains. According to reports, the LNA was...
ISIS VBIED suicide attack targets and kills Security Head in Sebha
On 6 June, ISIS claimed a suicide vehicle borne improvised explosive device (SVBIED) attack targeting a Libyan National Army (LNA) checkpoint at Maziq Gate, near Sebha, which killed four people, including the head of the Sebha Criminal Investigation Department,...
LNA arrests AQIM militants near Brak al-Shatti
On 2 June, local news sources reported that the Libyan National Army (LNA)-affiliated Tarik Bin Ziyad brigade and the Government of National Unity (GNU) Ministry of Interior’s Security Positions Unit had arrested three Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) militants...
27 April – 4 May: Coastal road remains closed despite pressure from 5+5 JMC
On 29 April, the fourth round of 5+5 JMC talks concluded in Sirte. On 3 May, a high-level Turkish delegation was received in Tripoli by the GNU to discuss strengthening the relations between the two countries.
27 April – 4 May: Candidates rejected for Libya’s semi-sovereigns
On 27 April, the GNU Prime Minister stated that the GNU intends to return to Benghazi soon. On 30 April, the HCS rejected the list of candidates presented by the HoR for Libya’s semi-sovereign institutions. On 2 May, Libya’s Muslim Brotherhood announced that it has become an NGO under the name ‘Revival and Renewal’.