by Client Client | May 5, 2022 | Libyan actors
On 5 May, former Tripoli Revolutionaries Brigade (TRB) leader and current 777 Brigade commander, Haithem Tajouri, was reported by local media to have openly criticised the Government of National Unity (GNU) Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dabaiba. According to reports,...
by Client Client | May 4, 2022 | Libyan actors
On 4 May, House of Representatives (HoR) Designate Prime Minister, Fathi Bashaagha, gave a speech to regional social and tribal leaders at the Ouagadougou Complex Hall in Sirte, in the company of senior GNS ministers. He indicated his intent for Sirte to become...
by Client Client | May 4, 2022 | Libyan actors
On 4 May, clashes broke out in Zawiyya between armed groups affiliated with Mohammed Bahroun (also known as ‘al-Far’, the ‘Mouse’) from the Hneish tribe and forces affiliated with the Zawiyyan Abu Zuriba tribe under the Stability and Support Apparatus (SSA) Western...
by Client Client | May 2, 2022 | International actors
On 2 May, Russia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sergei Lavrov, stated in an interview with the Italian broadcaster Mediaset that the Wagner Group Private Military Company (PMC) had ‘nothing to do’ with the Russian state and was operating in Libya on a ‘commercial...
by Client Client | May 2, 2022 | Libyan actors
On 2 May, Special Deterrence Force (Rada) reportedly received a shipment of 100-150 armoured vehicles from Tripoli Port. Local media claimed that this shipment had originally been seized in March by the Libyan National Army (LNA) off the coast of Derna.
by Client Client | Apr 29, 2022 | International actors
On 29 April, the UN Security Council (UNSC) extended the mandate of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) until 31 July 2022. The UK, the UNSC’s current pen holder, submitted a draft text for the UNSMIL mandate to be extended for a year. However,...
by Client Client | Apr 28, 2022 | International actors
On 28 April, International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Khan briefed the UN Security Council (UNSC) on the situation in Libya. The ICC proposed a new four-pronged strategy to deliver justice against war crimes committed in Libya since 2011. In UNSC member...
by Client Client | Apr 27, 2022 | Libyan actors
On 21 April, the Government of National Unity’s (GNU) Prime Minister, Abdul Hameed Dabaiba, issued a letter to the head of the Libyan Presidential Council (PC), Mohamed Menfi, proposing the creation of a “Command, Control and Operations Centre” in response to recent...
by Client Client | Apr 27, 2022 | ISIS
On approximately 25 April, ISIS Wilayat Libya published a photo diary for the month of Ramadan. The tightly cropped photos show no more than six ISIS members undertaking various activities, from reading the Quran, eating food, watching ISIS group videos and...
by Client Client | Apr 26, 2022 | Libyan actors
In the last week, various Libyan media and social media outlets have claimed that the House of Representatives (HoR) Designate Prime Minister, Fathi Bashaagha, is planning to announce Operation “Snake Hunting.” At the time of reporting, there has been no...
