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.
LNIHR accuses Tripoli armed groups of war crimes in ICC report
On 6 September, Libya’s National Institution for Human Rights submitted a report to the International Criminal Court (ICC) accusing armed groups of war crimes during clashes in Tripoli on 12-13 May. According to the report, the violence killed 25 civilians, injured...
Former oil minister Aoun is temporarily detained
On 6 September, the former head of the Government of National Unity (GNU) Ministry of Oil and Gas (MoOG), and former Chairman of the Zueitina Oil Company, Muhammed Aoun, was temporarily detained at Mitiga airport in execution of a previous in-absentia ruling issued...
Khaled Haftar meets Russian MoD in second Moscow visit this week
On 5 September, the newly-appointed Chief of Staff of the Libyan National Army (LNA) Khaled Haftar visited Moscow for the second time in a week, meeting Russian Defence Minister Andrey Belousov. According to the Russian Defence Ministry, they discussed bilateral...
AG pursues LYD 14 billion fraud case
On 4 September, the Office of the Attorney General (AG), initiated a public lawsuit regarding a corruption incident involving the falsification of administrative decisions to obtain illicit benefits. The AG’s Office explained that it received evidence of the...
Deputy GNU MoD Zoubi meets Italian ministers in Rome
On 4 September, the Italian Minister of Defense Guido Crosetto received the Government of National Unity (GNU) Deputy Minister of Defense for Regions and Military Affairs Abdussalam Zoubi in Rome. Topics discussed included the development of the Libyan Armed Forces'...
Berlin working group urges peaceful resolution of GNU-Rada issues
On 4 September, the Berlin Process Security Working Group (SWG) co-chairs - SRSG Hanna Tetteh and the ambassadors of the African Union, France, Italy, Turkey, and the UK - held a meeting at UNSMIL’s HQ in Janzour in the presence of Libyan Army Chief of General Staff...
Tensions in Tripoli remain high with mobilisations and skirmishes
Tensions remained high in Tripoli throughout the last week, with continued mobilisations and localized clashes. However, there has not been a major escalation of fighting or an assault on Mitiga airport. On 3 September, the (Misrata-led) Reserve Division of the...
Ibrahim Dabaiba and Saddam Haftar meet in Rome
On 2 September, according to Italian media reports, Ibrahim Dabaiba (the nephew and close advisor of PM Abdul Hameed Dabaiba) and Saddam Haftar (the son of Khalifa Haftar and now Deputy Commander of the Libyan National Army) met in person on Rome along with Massad...
444 Brigade says explosion outside its camp in Bani Walid was a car bomb
On 2 September early in the evening, there was an explosion outside the 444 Brigade base in Bani Walid, about 80 metres away from the main gate on a parking lot next to the wall of the compound. A car was totally destroyed. Next to the destroyed car, there is circular...