by Client Client | Oct 23, 2021 | Libyan actors
On 23 October, the Government of National Unity (GNU) Ministry of Labour and Rehabilitation launched its Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) initiative, the National Project for the Rehabilitation and Reintegration, in Tripoli. GNU Prime Minister,...
by Client Client | Oct 21, 2021 | International actors
On 21 October, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met with the head of the Libyan National Army (LNA), Khalifa Haftar, after attending the Libya Stabilisation Conference in Tripoli. Shoukry also met with several other senior leaders in Cyrenaica, including Deputy...
by Client Client | Oct 18, 2021 | ISIS
On 18 October, Islamic State in Libya (ISIS) released a series of photos showing a total of seven ISIS members training with firearms and captioned “graduation of a batch of caliphate soldiers from the military course in Libya”. The location of the photos...
by Client Client | Oct 15, 2021 | International actors
On 15 October, 5+5 Joint Military Committee (JMC) member, Lieutenant General Faraj al-Sawsaa, stated that observers from the United Nations would supervise the implementation of the 5+5 JMC Action Plan for the removal of foreign forces and mercenaries from Libya....
by Client Client | Oct 15, 2021 | Libyan actors
On 15 October, one person was reportedly killed and several injured during clashes between the Habouni and Al-Ashibi tribes in Al- Zohour neighbourhood, Tubruq. Medium and heavy weapons were reportedly used. During a reconciliation session on 18 October, the city’s...
by Client Client | Oct 14, 2021 | ISIS
On 14 October, the Bani Walid Criminal Security Department (CID) arrested an Egyptian national with links to ISIS and the group’s activities in Sirte. According to reports the man was originally arrested for fraud, with his links to the jihadi group uncovered...
by Client Client | Oct 14, 2021 | ISIS
On 14 October, the Government of National Unity’s (GNU) Internal Security Agency announced that it had captured Omar Bashir Omar Izadeen, an ISIS operative of Tunisian nationality who had assisted in facilitating the terrorist attack on the Corinthia Hotel in 2015. In...
by Client Client | Oct 13, 2021 | International actors
On 13 October, a batch of Syrian forces based in Tripoli were reportedly repatriated from Libya back to Syria by Turkey via Watiyya airbase. More than 500 are alleged to have departed Libya over the last fortnight. However, the departure coincides with unconfirmed...
by Client Client | Oct 13, 2021 | Libyan actors
On 13 October, the Libyan National Army (LNA)’s Tariq Bin Zayid (TBZ) battalion undertook an operation against LNA-aligned units stationed in Tamanhint airbase near Sebha. The following day, the TBZ launched an operation against LNA units stationed at Brak Airbase....
by Client Client | Oct 12, 2021 | International actors
On 12 October, Cypriot media reported that US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents were in Cyprus heading to Paphos International Airport to inspect a plane stored in a private hangar, following a UN report calling on inspections to be carried on the possibly...
