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.
Italian interior minister discusses security cooperation and migration with Haftar in Benghazi
On 11 February, the Italian Minister of Interior Matteo Piantedosi visited Benghazi, where he was received at the HQ of the General Command by Libyan National Army (LNA) Commander Khalifa Haftar. Piantedosi’s delegation included Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs...
Helicopter crashes near Kufra
On 10 February, the Emergency and Ambulance Service branch in Kufra announced the recovery of the bodies of the victims of an ambulance plane that crashed during takeoff from al-Sarra Airbase in the south on the evening of 9 February. The ambulance plane reportedly...
LNA hosts regional senior-level military conference in Benghazi
On 10 February, Libyan National Army (LNA) Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Khaled Haftar opened the ‘First Strategic Security Conference for Chiefs of Staff of Mediterranean Basin and Sub-Saharan Africa States’ in Benghazi at the Conference Hall under the theme...
Egyptian pressure around Sudan continues
On the sidelines of a regional military conference in Benghazi on 10 February, Libyan National Army (LNA) commander Khalifa Haftar, accompanied by his son and deputy Lieutenant General Saddam Haftar, met with the Chief of Staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces Ahmed...
Unidentified group steals 8mn dinars from Al-Aman Bank near al-Riyayna
On 10 February, the Government of National Unity's (GNU) Ministry of Interior reported the theft of 8 million dinars from Al-Aman Bank near the al-Riyayna area in the Western Mountains by an unidentified group. Security authorities have not disclosed the group's...
Two babies among 53 dead after boat capsizes off Libya
On 9 February, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said that fifty-three migrants, including two babies, are dead or missing after a rubber boat carrying 55 people capsized on 6 February off the coast of Zuwara in northwestern Libya. Only two Nigerian...
Suspect in 2012 Benghazi attack extradited to US
On 6 February at 3 am (local time), Zubayr al Bakoush, a Libyan man who is an alleged member of the terrorist group Ansar al Sharia and later of the Benghazi Revolutionary Shura Council (BRSC) and is accused of being a key participant in the 2012 Benghazi attacks,...
Turkey says al-Haddad’s plane voice recorder indicates serious electrical failure as cause of crash
On 4 February, in an interview with Anadolu Agency, Turkish Transport Minister Abdulkadir Ural Oğul outlined some new findings from the investigation into the plane that crashed on 23 December near Ankara while transporting a Libyan Army Chief of Staff Lieutenant...
GNU and Italy discuss security cooperation and activate prisoner-exchange agreement
On 4 February, the acting Chief of the Libyan Army General Staff, Salah al-Din al-Namroush, met in Tripoli with the Commander of the Italian Joint Special Operations Forces, Paolo Pezzotti, in the presence of Italian Ambassador to Libya Gianluca Alberini. During the...