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.
LNA releases Nigerien rebel
On 22 June, the Libyan National Army (LNA) announced the release of Mahmoud Saleh, head of the Front patriotique de libération / Popular Front for the Liberation (FPL) in Niger, after completing their investigation and finding no evidence of his involvement in any...
Deportations and arrests of migrants increase across Libya
According to UNHCR, as of 31 March 2026, 110,908 refugees and asylum seekers were registered in Libya. From these, 91,494 are from Sudan. As of February 2026, IOM recorded 936,134 migrants from 47 nationalities in Libya. There are estimates that in total there are...
Attorney General sentences ICC-wanted Osama Najeem
On 21 June, the Attorney General’s Office said that the Tripoli Criminal Court had convicted ‘the official in charge of operations and judicial security’ at Mitiga prison to seven years and four months in prison for violating the rights of inmates at the prison,...
Egyptian Intelligence chief discusses political developments with Dabaiba in Tripoli
On 21 June, the head of Egyptian General Intelligence, Major General Hassan Rashad, flew to Tripoli where he met with Government of National Unity (GNU) PM Abdul Hameed Dabaiba and his entourage, including Ibrahim Dabaiba and Walid al-Lafi among others. According to...
Niger releases prisoners to the GNU
On 21 June, the Government of National Unity (GNU) Ministry of Defence announced that 21 Libyan citizens detained in Niger had been transferred to the GNU in the framework of cooperation and joint coordination between the two countries and the implementation of...
LNA-Chadian joint forces launch attack on Libyan Tebu armed group in Chad
On 19 June, the Libyan National Army (LNA)-Chadian joint forces launched an attack on a Tebu armed group which had defected from the LNA 129th unit of the 106th Brigade. The attack on the groups took place in the Tibesti’s Meski region, inside Chad. It resulted in the...
Nigerien army launches attack on SLOR near Libyan border
On 18 June, the Nigerien army based at the Madama airbase, adjacent to the border with Libya, launched an attack on the South Liberation Operations Room (SLOR) and Front for Change and Concord in Chad (FACT) joint positions inside Niger. The attack is said to have...
Violence in the western coastal region continues
On 18 June, two young militia members were killed by a hail of bullets at the hand of a rival militia in the Dhahrat Arafa area of al-Ajilat. An officer from the Sabratha Criminal Investigation Department was also killed by several gunshots during a failed targeted...
Tetteh warns about hostility & violence towards migrants as protesters target IOM office
In her briefing to the UNSC on 18 June, SRSG Hanna Tetteh had a significant focus on migration and the climate of hostility towards migrants in Libya at present, as anti-migrant protests, deportations and deaths at sea continue. Tetteh said that false and misleading...