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.
Outrage over videos showing imprisoned HoR member Ibrahim al-Darsi in chains
On 5 May, the French outlet Afrique Asie published pictures appearing to show the House of Representatives (HoR) member Ibrahim al-Darsi who was disappeared in May 2024 in Benghazi. The pictures showed him in an unknown detention cell in his underwear, looking...
LAA names Khaled Haftar in new case against Wagner Group
On 3 May, Essam Omeish, head of the Libyan-American Alliance (LAA), said in an interview that the LAA had recently launched a new case related to the crimes of the Wagner Group during the assault on Tripoli in 2019 - 2020, in partnership with Khalifa Haftar's forces...
GNU Deputy Minister of Defence in Washington for official visit
On 2 May, the US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Joshua Harris and Special Envoy for Libya Ambassador Richard Norland met with Government of National Unity (GNU) Deputy Minister of Defence Abdussalam Zoubi during his visit to Washington. The two sides reviewed...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...