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.
Macron and Haftar discuss Libya developments in Paris visit
On 26 February, French President Emmanuel Macron received Libyan National Army (LNA) Commander Khalifa Haftar at the Élysée Palace in Paris. They discussed the latest developments in Libya in the light of the new UN initiative to resolve the crisis as well as regional...
UNSMIL facilitates JTCT border security meeting in Tunis
On 26 February, members of the Joint Technical Coordination Team (JTCT) for Border Security – comprising representatives of the military and security institutions in the East and West responsible for border security, counterterrorism and addressing irregular migration...
US Air Force carries out aerial activity in Libya
On 26 February, the US Air Force carried out an aerial activity in Libya ‘aimed at fostering east-west military integration and enhancing air defense and air traffic control capabilities.’ According to the US Embassy, this event represents another important step...
UNSMIL organizes 5+5 JMC meeting
On 25 February, UNSMIL organized a two-day forum with members of the 5+5 Joint Military Commission (JMC), local ceasefire monitors, and members of the security arrangements subcommittee to examine and assess the increasing proliferation of hate speech, misinformation,...
Attorney General names perpetrator of Adel Jumaa assassination attempt
On 25 February the Attorney General said that it had established the identity of the perpetrator of the assassination attempt on Government of National Unity (GNU) Secretary of State for the PM and Cabinet Minister Adel Jumaa. The Attorney General has ordered the...
Libya’s Amazigh demand dismissal of MoI Trabelsi
On 25 February, the Supreme Council of Amazigh Libya announced an official holiday on 26 February for all Amazigh cities in the Jabal Nafusa in order to allow them to gather and to go to Tripoli to participate in a demonstration in Martyr’s Square. The council said...
Unexplained fires break out in al-Asabaa town
On 25 February, fires broke out in the town of al-Asabaa, around 120 km away from Tripoli, with apparently unexplained fires in several houses and cars around the town. The unusual nature led some people to speculate that the town had been attacked by jinn. Fire...
Nigerian opposition leader seized by LNA in al-Qatrun
On 23 February, the leader of Niger’s Patriotic Front for Liberation (FPL), Mahmoud Sallah, was apprehended in al-Qatrun in southern Libya by the Libyan National Army’s (LNA) 87th Rapid Intervention Battalion, under direct orders from the LNA General Command. Sallah...
ICC issues non-compliance ruling against Italy over al-Masri case
On 21 February, the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) formally requested Pre-Trial Chamber I to issue a ruling against the Italian government for non-compliance regarding the surrender of the head of the Mitiga detention centre, Osama...