by Client Client | Mar 25, 2022 | International actors
On 25 March, a series of unverified documents surfaced online purportedly showing the head of the LNA Khalifa Haftar offering military support to Russia for its ‘special operation’ in Ukraine and Russia’s Defence Minister declining the offer. The first document, dated...
by Client Client | Mar 25, 2022 | International actors
On 25 March, SASG Stephanie William issued a statement highlighting the conclusion of a three-day consultative meeting with the 12-member HSC delegation nominated to participate in the UN-facilitated joint committee to devise a constitutional basis to hold elections....
by Client Client | Mar 24, 2022 | Libyan actors
On 24 March, the HoR and its Speaker Aqeela Saleh published an altered text of the HoR’s amendment of Article 30 of the Constitutional Declaration Section 12, which it originally passed in February this year. The amendments see the removal of the requirement for...
by Client Client | Mar 23, 2022 | Libyan actors
On 23 March, Bashaagha called on officials and institutions to disregard instructions from the Government of National Unity (GNU) led by Abdul Hameed Dabaiba. He later accused Dabaiba of ‘occupying government headquarters’ in Tripoli.
by Client Client | Mar 22, 2022 | International actors
On 22 March, the UN’s Special Advisor of the Secretary General (SASG) on Libya, Stephanie Williams, convened the first meeting of the 6+6 Joint Committee in Tunis which aims to build consensus on a constitutional basis to enable the holding of elections. However, the...
by Client Client | Mar 16, 2022 | Libyan actors
On 16 March, Libyan National Army (LNA) Tariq Bin Zayid Intervention Battalion member, al-Mutasim al-Warfalli, was shot to the head and killed in Benghazi. On 13 March, another member of the group, Asumi Boubakr Aqeem al-Ashibi, was found dead in Benghazi Street. The...
by Client Client | Mar 16, 2022 | International actors
On 16 March, US Ambassador to Libya Richard Norland met with Dabaiba to discuss the current political crisis, efforts to prevent the outbreak of violence, and ‘the responsible distribution of Libya’s oil wealth for the benefit of all Libyan people.’ Norland reportedly...
by Client Client | Mar 15, 2022 | Libyan actors
On 15 March, it was reported the LNA forces aligned to Saddam Haftar (son of Khalifa Haftar) had seized a shipment carrying a hundred armoured vehicles off the coast of Derna on 1 March. The vessel was from Jordan and the vehicles were allegedly intended to be...
by Client Client | Mar 14, 2022 | Libyan actors
On 14 March, HoR-appointed Prime Minister designate Fathi Bashaagha, stated that he and his Government of National Stability (GNS) would enter the capital in ‘a few days’, echoing his statement the week before when he attempted to enter Tripoli from Misrata with an...
by Client Client | Mar 13, 2022 | International actors
On 13 March, Dabaiba spoke with the President of the Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov. Reports indicate that the conversation focussed on boosting security cooperation, including creating a Praetorian guard around Dabaiba and training Libyan military forces in...
