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.
Libyan NGO warns of armed groups’ abuses against civilians
On 1 November, the Libyan NGO Libya Crime Watch (LCW) published its report monitoring violations and abuses against civilians in October 2024, noting that ‘security and military agencies and armed groups continued to commit violations and international crimes against...
Al-Lafi mediates in Yefren as tensions continue over arrests and presence of external armed groups
On 30 October, Presidential Council (PC) Deputy Abdullah al-Lafi accompanied by Libyan Army Deputy Chief of Staff (CoS) Salaheddin al-Namroush visited Yefren to assess the situation and to discuss the recent devel opments in this city. This comes after days of...
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...
Renewed troubles between PFG and 444 Brigade in al-Hamada al-Hamra amid NC7 takeover rumours
On 30 October, Minister of Interior Emad Trabelsi and the head of the MoI’s Border Guard ordered the intensification of desert patrols to monitor smuggling routes in the al-Hamada al-Hamra desert. Patrols from the al-Qaryah Desert Security Sector will patrol valleys...
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...
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...
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...
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...