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.
Belqassem Haftar & GNU MoD Zoubi discuss key issues with Turkish Intelligence Chief
On 17 September, Belqassem Haftar, Director of the Libya Development and Reconstruction Fund (LDRF), met Turkish National Intelligence Organization (MIT) Director Ibrahim Kalin in Ankara to advance cooperation between eastern Libya and Turkey on stability, development...
Libyan efforts to deport migrants continue
On 17 September, the (eastern) Anti-Illegal Immigration Agency deported 81 migrants from Benghazi after completing the required legal, medical and security procedures. According to the agency’s Greater Benghazi branch, the group consisted of 78 Sudanese and three...
GNS suspends several mayors amid tensions with Fezzan
On 16 September, the Ministry of Local Governance in Osama Hammad’s Government of National Stability (GNS) suspended 12 southern municipality mayors over their participation in a meeting with the General Electricity Company of Libya (GECOL) and other Government of...
LNA barrack targeted in RPG attack in Sebha
On 16 September, an unidentified group in Sebha launched a brief RPG attack on the Libyan National Army (LNA) Ministry of Interior's South Reorganization Force (SRF) barrack at al-Whas'a Street in downtown Sebha. The attack did not result in human casualties nor...
PFG shuts Sharara pipeline & Zawiyya refinery after ending Hamada blockade
On 15 September, after the National Oil Corporation (NOC) announced the complete halting of production at three small fields in the Hamada region as a result of a Petroleum Facilities Guard (PFG) group shutting down a valve on the Hamada- Zawiyya pipeline, the...
Russian convoy delivers large quantities of military equipment to Tubruq
On 15 September, it was revealed that three Russian ships had offloaded their military cargo the day before at the port of Tubruq in eastern Libya. The ships - the cargo ships Anastasiia and Yuriy Arshenevskiy and the landing ship Aleksandr Shabalin - had left...
Tubruq to Crete migration route remains active
On 15 September, 231 migrants arrived in southern Crete. According to the Hellenic Coast Guard, two groups were rescued south of Crete by their vessels after departing North Africa in small boats. Two more groups were detected after making it to the southern shore of...
Zwai leader was arrested in Ajdabiya
On 14 September, one of main leaders of the Arab Zwai tribe, al-Senussi al-Helaigh, was arrested by the Internal Security Agency (ISA) in Ajdabiya following the release of a video in which he uses racist comments against Tebu and issued serious threats to renew...
ICC trial of al-Hishri will begin in May 2027
On 14 September, the International Criminal Court (ICC) announced that the trial of Khaled Mohamed Ali El Hishri will begin on 4 May 2027. El Hishri faces 17 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity allegedly committed at Mitiga Prison between 1 May 2014 and...