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.
At least one killed as Misrata militia raids national reconciliation forum in Khoms
On 2 May before midnight, a militia from Misrata raided the HQ of the (HoR-appointed) National Reconciliation Forum in Khoms near the al-Naqaza Hotel, where the preparations for a meeting of the Forum the next day were underway. The attackers expelled those present...
Khaled Haftar meets Russian Deputy MoD in Moscow
On 1 May, Lieutenant General Khaled Khalifa Haftar, Chief of Staff of the Libyan National Army (LNA) Security Units, met Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yunus-Bek Yevkurov in the course of an official visit to Moscow. Haftar and Yevkurov addressed several topics of...
Killing and violence along west coast worsens
On 30 April, a young man was killed by a hail of bullets in Fallujah Street in al-Ajilat. The perpetrators fled. On the same day in the afternoon, there was fighting between militias affliated with the local Stability Support Agency (SSA) and armed groups supporting...
Attorney General links al-Rayani murder to failed armed robbery
On 30 April, the office of the Attorney General linked the murder of Brigadier General Ali Ramadan al Rayani to a failed armed robbery. Before, there were some - false - rumors that this was a failed attempt by the 444 Brigade to detain the General and to hand him...
US-Libya relations under spotlight amid reports of US plan to send migrants to Libya
On 30 April, CNN reported that the Trump administration has discussed with Libya and Rwanda the possibility of sending migrants who have criminal records and are in the United States to those two countries. In addition to sending migrants with criminal records, Trump...
High-level Russian delegation meets with GNU and PC in Tripoli
On 28 April, the Russian delegation headed by Alexander Kinshchak, Director of the Middle East and North Africa Department at the Russian Foreign Ministry, met PM Abdul Hameed Dabaiba. According to the Government of National Unity (GNU), Kinshchak delivered to Dabaiba...
Haftar’s sons in Washington as US seeks influence in Libya
Chief of LNA Land Forces Saddam Haftar was welcomed in Washington D.C. this week as the US continues its efforts to entice the family away from Moscow. On 28 April, Senior Bureau Official at the US State Department’s Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs Tim Lenderking, US...
Tripoli sees spate of assassinations of security personnel
On 27 April in the early hours, Brigadier General Ali Ramadan al-Rayani, a missile engineering officer in the Libyan Army, was fatally shot as he returned from dawn prayers to his home in Khaled al-Furjan (located in the south of Tripoli) and confronted an armed...
Rada and SSA clash in Tripoli after attempted arrest of militia member
Clashes broke out in eastern Tripoli this week, sparked by the attempted arrest of a militia member. On 25 April, the Judicial Police, supported by elements of the Special Deterrence Force (Rada), attempted to arrest Moataz Ali al-Nuwaisri aka al-Kiko, who is wanted...