by Client Client | Sep 30, 2025 | Libyan actors
On 30 September, a young man was killed by gunmen in a drive-by shooting on the Coastal Road in al-Harsha, Zawiyya. On 2 October, the body of an unidentified citizen was recovered from one of the beaches of Sabratha, bearing signs of torture. On 3 October in the...
by Client Client | Sep 26, 2025 | International actors
On 26 September, 30 Libyan maritime officials from Tripoli and Benghazi completed the first training delivered by EUNAVFOR Med’s Operation IRINI in Italy. Operation IRINI will continue enhancing Libya’s capacities in the months ahead offering an intensive training...
by Client Client | Sep 26, 2025 | International actors
On 26 September in the very early hours, the Search and Rescue (SAR) NGO Sea Watch said that the Libyan coast guard had fired live ammunition at its rescue ship the Sea-Watch 5 after it had rescued 66 people in distress at sea. It noted that this is the second time in...
by Client Client | Sep 26, 2025 | International actors
On 26 September, Politico reported that three Italian officials – Justice Minister Carlo Nordio, Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi and Cabinet Secretary Alfredo Mantovano – are accused by prosecutors of helping a criminal escape justice from the ICC, and...
by Client Client | Sep 25, 2025 | Libyan actors
Anger and violence against migrants in Misrata spiked this week after the kidnapping of an anti-migrant activist in the city. On 25 September, the civil activist al-Muatasim Abu Jinnah was kidnapped by unidentified armed elements in Misrata. He was very active on...
by Client Client | Sep 25, 2025 | International actors
On 25 September, the Paris Criminal Court sentenced former French President Nicolas Sarkozy to five years in jail, over an accusation of illegal funding from the former Libyan regime of Muammar Qadhafi for Sarkozy’s 2007 election campaign.
by Client Client | Sep 22, 2025 | Libyan actors
On 22 September in the evening, armed clashes erupted in Sabratha’s Dahman district after an RPG strike near a house owned by a local militia leader known as al-Kabou (‘The Capo’), who has ties to militias from Zawiyya. Fighting broke out between his affiliates,...
by Client Client | Sep 22, 2025 | Libyan actors
On several days throughout the last week, troops from Misrata – including a number of armoured vehicles – deployed to the capital area, while others redeployed from Tripoli back home. The main bases of the Misratan forces are in eastern Tajoura and...
by Client Client | Sep 22, 2025 | Libyan actors
On 22 September, an expanded security meeting took place about the situation at Mitiga airport. It was chaired by Major General Mahmoud Saeed, Undersecretary for General Affairs at the Ministry of Interior, and brought together senior officials and representatives...
by Client Client | Sep 20, 2025 | International actors
On 20 September, Spanish media report that Customs at Algerciras port in Spain unloaded up to 10 vessels that were being transported by the ship Lila Mumbai, which was detained in the waters of Ceuta at the end of August due to suspicions that it was carrying material...
