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.
EUNAVFOR Operation Irini begins preparations for Benghazi MRCC project
On 11 May, a joint team from Operation Irini, the EU Delegation to Libya, EUBAM, and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) conducted a technical site survey in Benghazi for the Maritime Rescue Coordination Center (MRCC) project. According to Irini, this included...
Zawiyya refinery damaged & closed for two days amid heavy fighting
On 8 May in the morning, heavy fighting broke out on the Refinery Road and in the vicinity of the Zawiyya refinery between the ‘joint security forces’ led by Muhammed Bahroun aka al-Far, including the Counter Security Threats Agency and the First Support Force, and...
Libya hit with more fuel shortages
After queues appeared at petrol stations in Libya again, the Brega Company said on 12 May that the congestion at fuel stations is not due to any malfunction regarding the availability of fuel products. Instead, it explained that the logistical procedures for the...
LNA bans civilian off-road vehicles in the Fezzan region
On 7 May, the Libyan National Army (LNA) General Staff directed the military police in Sebha to ban civilian off-road vehicles in the South. The directive orders the expropriation of off-road vehicles for the military police and prisons authority. Local sources report...
Italian PM Meloni receives Dabaiba in Rome
This week, PM Abdul Hameed Dabaiba arrived in Rome for an official visit with a senior Government of National Unity (GNU) delegation, focusing on energy and economic cooperation. The GNU delegation included Minister of State for Political Affairs and Communication...
Tetteh chairs Security Working Group meeting in Benghazi
On 5 May, Security Working Group of the International Follow-up Committee on Libya of the Berlin Process joined members of the Structured Dialogue Security Track in Benghazi. In the session, chaired by SRSG Hana Tetteh and the Security Track bureau, Structured...
Deputy MoD Zoubi and Saddam Haftar meet at Turkish Saha Expo 2026
On 5 May, Government of National Unity (GNU) Ministry of Defense Undersecretary for Regions and Military Affairs Lieutenant General Abdul Salam Zoubi attended the opening of SAHA EXPO 2026 in Istanbul at the official invitation of Turkey’s Ministry of Defense. Libya’s...
Several dead & injured in heavy fighting between rival militias in Zawiyya
On 5 May in the evening, there were armed clashes between militias loyal to Muhammed Bahroun aka al-Far and the Salem al-Latif armed group in the area of al-Maqouz in Zawiyya. On 7 May, the Zawiyya Branch of the Counter Security Threats Agency, which is loyal to...
Spain intercepts 45,000kg of cocaine headed for Benghazi
On 4 May, Spanish police said that it had intercepted a freighter in international waters off Spain's Canary Islands on 1 May carrying between 30,000 and 45,000 kg of cocaine. This is believed to be Spain’s largest known seizure of cocaine in international waters. The...