by Client Client | Jan 1, 2023 | ISIS
On 1 January, Libya’s Missing Persons Authority reported that 18 bodies were found buried in a mass grave in the Sabaa area of Sirte, a former stronghold of ISIS. According to the statement, the Missing Persons Authority collected bone samples to help identify the...
by Client Client | Dec 30, 2022 | International actors
On 30 December, the Libyan Coast Guard reported that they had intercepted a boat carrying at least 700 migrants off the coast of Moura, 90km west of Benghazi. According to the Libyan Coast Guard, the migrants found to have entered Libya illegally would be handed over...
by Client Client | Dec 29, 2022 | International actors
On 29 December, Syrian media reported that a Libyan pilot was killed when an L-39 jet crashed in the vicinity of Kuweires Military Airport, east of Aleppo, Syria which is under the control of the Assad regime. The plane was reportedly on a training exercise and...
by Client Client | Dec 28, 2022 | International actors
On 28 December 2022, the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) released a statement rejecting ‘fake news’ that UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) Abdoulaye Bathily was planning to announce a new roadmap and form a new Libyan government. UNSMIL...
by Client Client | Dec 24, 2022 | Libyan actors
On 24 December, the Head of the Libyan National Army (LNA) Khalifa Haftar gave a speech at a rally in Benghazi where he declared ‘a final opportunity’ for the country’s political elite to formalise a roadmap for holding elections. Haftar stated that ‘only Libyans are...
by Client Client | Dec 20, 2022 | Libyan actors
In recent weeks there have been signs of a pushback against the Joint Operations Force (JOF) in Misrata. On 20 December, the Mayor and local leaders from Misrata issued a statement criticising the JOF for its role in kidnapping and intimidating citizens. The statement...
by Client Client | Dec 19, 2022 | ISIS
On 19 December, the Attorney General issued a statement declaring the end of the Tripoli Criminal Court’s trial of 33 individuals accused of being former members of the Islamic State (IS). The defendants stood accused of conducting armed attacks in Sabratha,...
by Client Client | Dec 16, 2022 | International actors
On 16 December, UN Special Envoy to Libya and Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Abdoulaye Bathily, addressed the UN Security Council (UNSC). Bathily expressed concern about signs of a partition in Libya, calling on Libya’s political rivals (i.e., the...
by Client Client | Dec 15, 2022 | International actors
On 15 December, the Maltese newspaper MaltaToday reported that a group of 14 British private military contractors (PMCs) were intercepted by Maltese police on 10 December before boarding a private flight to Libya. The men were later released without charge, but they...
by Client Client | Dec 7, 2022 | Libyan actors
On 7 December, the Libyan National Army (LNA) announced that the 73rd Infantry Brigade was deployed in Murzuq. Munther al-Khartoush, the LNA spokesperson, remarked that this deployment is part of the LNA’s continuing operations to secure and protect Libya’s...
