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.
Saddam Haftar reviews LNA decisions with military commanders
On 30 October, Saddam Khalifa Haftar, Chief of Staff of the Libyan National Army (LNA) Ground Forces, met with the commanders of the military regions and discussed mechanisms for implementing the LNA General Command’s deci sions regarding the main tasks of the...
EUBAM to maintain and rehabilitate MoI border facilities at Ras Ajdir
On 27 October, the Head of EU Border Assistance Mission (EUBAM) in Libya Jan Vyčítal signed a contract to undertake the maintenance and rehabilitation of MoI border facilities at the stra tegic Ras Ajdir junction area, and in the al-Assah region. EUBAM said this...
Protesters force western mountain military district forces under Juwaili to leave Yefren
On 24 October, in Yefren (a town in the Nafousa mountains) a large civilian demonstration called on all armed formations from other towns to leave their city. They chased troops belonging to the Western Mountain Military District, which is commanded by the Zintani...
444 Brigade clashes with PFG near al-Hamada al-Hamra oilfields
On 24 October, a 444 Brigade patrol clashed in the vicinity of al-Hamadah al-Hamra oilfields with the local Petroleum Facilities Guard (PFG), comprising mostly Zintanis. The following day, Sheikh Musaab Majdi Hafala, a Zintani noble, called on all the city’s sheikhs...
Journalist Ikram Rajab released from ISA detention
On 22 October, the Libyan NGO Libya Crime Watch (LCW) noted that journalist Ikram Rajab was released - along with her parents who had been arrested six days earlier after visiting the Internal Security Agency (ISA) HQ in Benghazi to demand their daughter’s released....
Both Trabelsi and Saddam Haftar invited to Turkish Saha Expo 24
On 22 October, both Government of National Unity (GNU) Minister of Interior (MoI) Emad Trabelsi and Chief of Staff of Libyan National Army (LNA) Ground Forces Saddam Khalifa Haftar, visited the SAHA EXPO 24 in Istanbul at the invitation of the Turkish Minister of...
Zoubi leads meetings on reorganizing western region military
On 20 October, Government of Nationaly Unity (GNU) Deputy Minister of Defence Abdussalam Zoubi and Libyan Army Chief of Staff (CoS) Muhammed al-Haddad co-chaired a meeting of the MoD and the General Staff about a joint action plan to reorganize the military units and...
French ambassador discusses political situation with Haftar and Saleh in Benghazi
On 20 and 21 October, the French Ambassador Mostafa Mihraje held several meetings in Benghazi. He discussed political and security developments with Libyan National Army (LNA) commander Khalifa Haftar, as well as the Security Working Group meeting held in Sirte a few...
Deputy MoD Zoubi heads Libyan delegation at the African MoD conference
On 15-17 October, the African Defense Ministers conference was held at the Adwa Memorial Museum in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa. The conference, themed ‘Africa: United in Peace, Strong in Security’, was chaired by Ethiopia’s Minister of Defense Aisha Muhammed. A key...