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.
Erdoğan, Meloni, and Dabaiba discuss migration in Istanbul meeting
On 1 August, a trilateral meeting took place between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, and Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hameed Dabaiba in Istanbul, at the Dolmabahçe Palace on the European shore of the Bosporus. Its main...
Situation remains tense in Tripoli
The Government of National Unity (GNU) Ministry of Interior and the various new security committees designated with securing the capital and maintaining the peace are nominally still operating, but in reality the armed groups remain in control of the city. On 31 July,...
GNU launches drone attacks against western coastal cities
This week, the Government of National Unity (GNU) launched a series of drone attacks against the western coastal cities as part of an anti-people smuggling campaign. On 29 July before midnight, a combat drone attacked at least one facility in Sabratha, which is...
GNU-aligned militia leader and five others killed in Tripoli after family dispute escalates
On 28 July in the morning, there was an armed altercation between the al-Lefaa and al-Dalio families in the Awlad Essa area of Wershefana, west of Tripoli. Six people were killed: Ramzi al-Lefaa, commander of the Third Company under the Government of National Unity...
Tripoli residents call for urgent action on irregular migrants and foreign labourers
On 26 July, residents of Hay Andalus in western Tripoli issued a public statement calling for urgent action to address the growing presence of irregular migrants and foreign labourers in their area. They complained about improper behaviour of the migrants, highlighted...
US embassy denies ‘inflammatory’ rumours about US seeking to relocate Gazans to Libya
Amid speculation about whether the highly controversial issue of Gazans potentially being forcibly relocated to Libya as part of a deal between the US and Libya, the US embassy was forced to issue another denial. On 25 July, the US Embassy said, ‘The Embassy...
Human Rights Co-Chairs alarmed at deaths in custody in Libya
On 24 July, the Co-Chairs of the International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Working Group of the International Follow-up Committee on Libya of the Berlin Process – the Netherlands, Switzerland, and UNSMIL – said they are alarmed by the numerous deaths in custody...
GNU stresses need to tackle illegal migration
The Government of National Unity (GNU) Minister of Communication Walid al-Lafi wrote two opinion pieces about tackling migration in western media outlets this week, stressing the need for Europeans to work with the GNU. In a letter to The Guardian on 24 July, al-Lafi...
Trump’s Africa Advisor Bolous deepens US engagement with Haftars during Benghazi visit
On 24 July, US President Donald Trump’s Senior Advisor for Africa, Massad Boulos, held a meeting with House of Representatives (HoR) Speaker Aqeela Saleh, accompanied by the Director of the Libyan Development and Reconstruction Fund, Belqassim Haftar, and the Chief of...