by Client Client | Jun 3, 2022 | International actors
On 3 June, reports indicated that a Libyan Coast Guard vessel had opened fire on a fishing vessel on international waters off Benghazi. The Italian frigate Grecale had to intervene to protect the fishing vessel.
by Client Client | Jun 3, 2022 | International actors
On 3 June, the UN Security Council (UNSC) adopted resolution 2365 (2022) renewing the authority of Member States and regional organisations to inspect vessels off Libya’s coast suspected to be violating the UN arms embargo – effectively extending the mandate of the EU...
by Client Client | Jun 2, 2022 | Libyan actors
On 2 June, the Zawiyyan Security Directorate dismissed the militia commander, Muhammed Bahroun (also known as ‘al-Far’, the ‘Mouse’) from his role as the head of the Zawiyyan Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) and assigned Ashraf Misbah Duraid to the position....
by Client Client | Jun 2, 2022 | Libyan actors
On 2 June, clashes reportedly broke out between forces aligned to Zintani commander Osama Juwaili and forces aligned with the commander of the 301 Brigade, Abdussalam al-Zoubi, in Tripoli’s Karmiyah neighbourhood.
by Client Client | Jun 1, 2022 | Libyan actors
On 1 June, clashes broke out between forces aligned with Ayoub Abu Ras, including members of the Tripoli Revolutionaries Brigade (TRB) and the Presidential Guard, and those aligned with Osama Najim, including members of the Judicial Guard under control of the Special...
by Client Client | May 30, 2022 | International actors
On 30 May, Chad’s Minister of Defence, General Daoud Yaya Brahim, reported that approximately 100 people have been killed and 40 injured during clashes in the Kouri Bougoudi gold mining area on the Chadian-Libyan border. Skirmishes in Kouri Bougoudi first broke out on...
by Client Client | May 29, 2022 | ISIS
On 29 May, the Libyan National Army’s (LNA) Southern Operations Room announced that it had launched a military campaign, ‘Operation One Day’, targeting ISIS operatives in southern Libya. According to the LNA, the operation successfully destroyed a number of ISIS...
by Client Client | May 28, 2022 | Libyan actors
On 28 May, clashes briefly broke out between the Nawasi Brigade and elements of Abdul Ghani al-Kikli’s (Ghinaywa) Stability and Support Apparatus (SSA) in Tripoli’s Zawiyyat al-Dahmani neighbourhood. At least one Nawasi Brigade fighter was reportedly killed, and light...
by Client Client | May 26, 2022 | Libyan actors
Reports have emerged that Ali Kanna, a Tuareg military commander, is attempting to build an anti-Libyan National Army (LNA) armed group to remove the LNA from the Fezzan. On 26 May, a new group called the ‘Armed People’s Force’ was created, nominally under the...
by Client Client | May 26, 2022 | International actors
On 26 May, the UN Security Council (UNSC) held a briefing on Libya where the UN Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, Rosemary DiCarlo, expressed concern that ‘the protracted political impasse is having an increasingly negative impact on...
