by Client Client | Dec 5, 2022 | Libyan actors
On 4 December, preparations took place for the Commander of the Libyan National Army, Khalifa Haftar, to arrive the following day in Ajdabiya (approximately 150km south of Benghazi). Ahead of Haftar’s arrival, the LNA’s 166 Brigade arrived in the city and transferred...
by Client Client | Dec 3, 2022 | Libyan actors
On 3 December, clashes broke out in Sabratha (80km west of Tripoli) between members of an armed group led by Mohammed Bahroun (also known as ‘al-Far’, the ‘Mouse’) and an armed group known as al-Kabwat. Two people were reportedly injured.
by Client Client | Dec 1, 2022 | International actors
On 1 December, the Government of National Unity (GNU) Prime Minister, Abdul Hameed Dabaiba, met with the UN Special Envoy to Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily, in Tunisia. Dabaiba reaffirmed the GNU’s preparedness to hold elections. He also called for more dialogue and...
by Client Client | Dec 1, 2022 | International actors
On 3 December, Bloomberg reported that Russian vessels had been exporting grain from Russian-occupied areas in Ukraine to Libya and Iran. According to Bloomberg’s reporting, Russia used a complex means to disguise their activities involving floating cranes and feeder...
by Client Client | Nov 28, 2022 | Libyan actors
On 28 November, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aqeela Saleh, and the head of the High State Council (HSC), Khaled Mishri, met in Cairo. According to reports the two discussed the constitutional basis for elections, the executive authority, and...
by Client Client | Nov 28, 2022 | International actors
On 28 November, the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) reported that the UN Deputy Envoy for Political Affairs in Libya Raisedon Zenenga attended a workshop on ‘State Monopoly on Weapons in Libya’ organised by the Libyan Joint Operations Centre. According to UNSMIL,...
by Client Client | Nov 27, 2022 | ISIS
On 27 November, the trial of suspected ISIS members accused of involvement in ISIS’ occupation of Sirte in 2016 resumed in Misrata. The court session saw 12 former ISIS suspects, field commanders, witnesses, and others gave statements to judges. The president of the...
by Client Client | Nov 27, 2022 | Libyan actors
On 27 November, sources reported that a meeting allegedly took place in Dubai between the son of Saddam Haftar, the Head of the Security Support Apparatus (SSA) Abdul Ghani al-Kikli (Ghinaywa), Muhammed Bahroun (also known as ‘al-Far’, the ‘Mouse’), and the Commander...
by Client Client | Nov 25, 2022 | International actors
On 25 November, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported that European Union (EU) interior ministers agreed on a plan to improve cooperation on migrant arrivals. While no concrete decisions were reportedly taken, ministers welcomed a 20-point action plan proposed by the...
by Client Client | Nov 20, 2022 | Libyan actors
On 20 November, the Head of the Libyan National Army (LNA), Khalifa Haftar, gave a speech from the Ouagadougou Convention Centre in Sirte. In his speech, Haftar said that he hoped that Sirte would become ‘an incubator for national reconciliation’ and that the city...
