by Client Client | Sep 3, 2022 | Libyan actors
On 3 September, Presidential Guard (PG) forces affiliated with Ayoub Abu Ras, formerly known as Tripoli Revolutionaries Brigade (TRB), withdrew from their last remaining HQ in Tripoli. In a deal brokered with the 444 Brigade, PG/TRB forces vacated al-Saadawi Camp and...
by Client Client | Sep 2, 2022 | International actors
On 2 September, UN Secretary-General António Guterres announced that the Senegalese politician and diplomat Abdoulaye Bathily had been appointed as the new Special Representative for Libya and Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL). Bathily replaced former...
by Client Client | Sep 2, 2022 | Libyan actors
On 2 and 3 September, clashes broke out in the Ghout Abu Saq area of Warshefana between Muammar al-Dawi’s 55 Battalion and the 3 Infantry Company, led by Ramzi al-Lafaa. According to reports, al-Lafaa instigated the attack against Dawi. Abu Zuriba affiliated forces...
by Client Client | Aug 30, 2022 | Libyan actors
On 30 August, the Head of the Libyan National Army (LNA), Khalifa Haftar, visited Kufra in south-eastern Libya and met with local social and military leaders. In a speech, Haftar stressed that the Libyan people and the LNA must take the initiative to address Libya’s...
by Client Client | Aug 27, 2022 | International actors
On 27 August, the UN along with several other international states including the US, UK, France, and Italy issued statements expressing concerns over the clashes and calling for the cessation of fighting and dialogue between Libyan actors. US Ambassador to Libya,...
by Client Client | Aug 27, 2022 | Libyan actors
On 27 August, the Government of National Unity (GNU) Prime Minister, Abdul Hameed Dabaiba, issued a letter to the Military Prosecutor and the GNU Minister of Interior to arrest all individuals who took part or assisted in the ‘aggression on Tripoli’. On the same day,...
by Client Client | Aug 26, 2022 | Libyan actors
On 26 August, fighting between Haithem Tajouri’s 777 Brigade and groups affiliated with the Internal Security Agency (ISA) initiated widespread clashes between more than a dozen armed groups throughout Tripoli as pro-Fathi Bashaagha forces supporting the...
by Client Client | Aug 22, 2022 | International actors
On 22 August, the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Libya to the UN, Taher Sunni, met with the Permanent Representative of China to the UN and current President of the UN Security Council (UNSC) for August, Zhang Jun. They discussed the current situation in...
by Client Client | Aug 22, 2022 | International actors
On 22 August, a US drone, identified as a MQ-9 Reaper, was shot down near Benghazi. According to a US Africa Command (AFRICOM) spokesperson, Lieutenant Commander Timothy Pietrack, the aircraft was operating in support of US Ambassador and Special Envoy to Libya,...
by Client Client | Aug 22, 2022 | Libyan actors
Beginning on 22 August, the Libyan National Army’s (LNA) Tariq Bin Ziyad Brigade (TBZ) clashed with members of the Qadhadhfa tribe in Qadr Abu Hadi, 20km south of Sirte. Some reports claim that clashes were prompted by an LNA security operation against drug...
