by Client Client | Mar 23, 2022 | Libyan actors
On 23 March, Bashaagha called on officials and institutions to disregard instructions from the Government of National Unity (GNU) led by Abdul Hameed Dabaiba. He later accused Dabaiba of ‘occupying government headquarters’ in Tripoli.
by Client Client | Mar 22, 2022 | International actors
On 22 March, the UN’s Special Advisor of the Secretary General (SASG) on Libya, Stephanie Williams, convened the first meeting of the 6+6 Joint Committee in Tunis which aims to build consensus on a constitutional basis to enable the holding of elections. However, the...
by Client Client | Mar 16, 2022 | Libyan actors
On 16 March, Libyan National Army (LNA) Tariq Bin Zayid Intervention Battalion member, al-Mutasim al-Warfalli, was shot to the head and killed in Benghazi. On 13 March, another member of the group, Asumi Boubakr Aqeem al-Ashibi, was found dead in Benghazi Street. The...
by Client Client | Mar 16, 2022 | International actors
On 16 March, US Ambassador to Libya Richard Norland met with Dabaiba to discuss the current political crisis, efforts to prevent the outbreak of violence, and ‘the responsible distribution of Libya’s oil wealth for the benefit of all Libyan people.’ Norland reportedly...
by Client Client | Mar 15, 2022 | Libyan actors
On 15 March, it was reported the LNA forces aligned to Saddam Haftar (son of Khalifa Haftar) had seized a shipment carrying a hundred armoured vehicles off the coast of Derna on 1 March. The vessel was from Jordan and the vehicles were allegedly intended to be...
by Client Client | Mar 14, 2022 | Libyan actors
On 14 March, HoR-appointed Prime Minister designate Fathi Bashaagha, stated that he and his Government of National Stability (GNS) would enter the capital in ‘a few days’, echoing his statement the week before when he attempted to enter Tripoli from Misrata with an...
by Client Client | Mar 13, 2022 | International actors
On 13 March, Dabaiba spoke with the President of the Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov. Reports indicate that the conversation focussed on boosting security cooperation, including creating a Praetorian guard around Dabaiba and training Libyan military forces in...
by Client Client | Mar 13, 2022 | ISIS
On 13 March, ISIS in Libya released a photo set through its Amaq Media Agency showing several of its members offering a pledge of allegiance to the group’s new global leader, Abu Hasan al-Hashemi al-Quarashi. The tightly cropped photo set showed nine members in the...
by Client Client | Mar 12, 2022 | International actors
On 12 March, the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, Brigadier General Kirill Budanov, claimed that Russia was sending mercenaries from Syria and Libya to fight in Ukraine. Ukrainian intelligence indicated that Russia has...
by Client Client | Mar 12, 2022 | Libyan actors
On 12 March, GNU Prime Minister Dabaiba toured Tripoli Zoo in Tripoli’s Abu Salim neighbourhood with the Zoo’s Director and members of the Stability Support Apparatus (SSA), including the head of the SSA Abdul Ghani al-Kikli (Ghinaywa). Dabaiba was briefed on...
