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.
Al-Sheikh joins SLOR in anti-LNA move
On 6 April, Bashir al-Sheikh, former spokesperson of Fezzan Anger group and a Tuareg from Ghat, announced he had joined the South Liberation Operations Room (SLOR). Al-Sheikh said that he's in charge of the SLOR political office. He fiercely attacked the Libyan...
GNU ramps up security engagement with international partners with focus on southern borders
On 5 April, the Acting Chief of Staff of the Libyan Army Lieutenant General Salahadeen al-Namroush, held talks in Tripoli with Sudan’s Military Intelligence Director, Lieutenant General Mohamed Sabir, on strengthening bilateral military and security ties. The meeting...
Saddam Haftar forms committee to investigate Ibrahim al-Darsi’s disappearance
"On 5 April, it was reported that Libyan National Army (LNA) Deputy Commander (and heir apparent to his father Khalifa Haftar) Saddam Haftar has issued a decree forming a military committee, headed by Faraj al-Sousaa, to investigate and ascertain the facts surrounding...
AFRICOM’s Operation Flintlock preparations underway
On 2 April, the Govenrment of National Unity (GNU) announced that AFRICOM’s Operation Flintlock, which is being hosted in Sirte for the first time, will begin in mid-April with the participation of African and European countries alongside international partners. The...
RFI claims 200 Ukrainians stationed in Libya attacked Arctic Metagaz tanker
On 2 April, Radio France International (RFI) revealed an “exclusive RFI investigation into a shadow war taking place on the African continent between Kyiv and Moscow, in Libya”. According to the widely quoted report, RFI has learned that Ukraine was responsible for...
Satellite images show at least three drones at al-Khadim airbase
On 2 April, Reuters reported that analysis indicates that the Libyan National Army (LNA) obtained a mix of Chinese and Turkish combat drones, despite the ongoing UN arms embargo. Satellite imagery reviewed by Reuters revealed that at least three drones were present at...
Migrants die at sea trying to reach Europe from Libya
On 1 April, the Italian coast guard said it found 19 bodies and rescued 58 people after intercepting a dinghy filled with migrants that was in distress about 80 nautical miles from the southern Italian island of Lampedusa. A coastguard spokesperson said the migrants...
Menfi meets with key western region armed groups and representatives
On 31 March, Presidential Council (PC) head Muhammed al-Menfi held an extensive meeting that included the Libyan Army Chief of Staff Salahadeen al-Namroush, the Head of the General Intelligence Service Hussein al-Aib, the Head of the Special Deterrence Force (Rada)...
Libyan authorities report damaged Russian LNG tanker Arctic Metagaz is out of control
On 31 March, the convoy of the extensively damaged Russian LNG tanker Arctic Metagaz towed by Libyan tugs reached an area near the edge of Malta’s search and rescue (SAR) zone. The General Directorate of Coastal Security reported that the vessel was roughly 62...