by Client Client | Mar 13, 2022 | ISIS
On 13 March, ISIS in Libya released a photo set through its Amaq Media Agency showing several of its members offering a pledge of allegiance to the group’s new global leader, Abu Hasan al-Hashemi al-Quarashi. The tightly cropped photo set showed nine members in the...
by Client Client | Mar 12, 2022 | International actors
On 12 March, the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, Brigadier General Kirill Budanov, claimed that Russia was sending mercenaries from Syria and Libya to fight in Ukraine. Ukrainian intelligence indicated that Russia has...
by Client Client | Mar 12, 2022 | Libyan actors
On 12 March, GNU Prime Minister Dabaiba toured Tripoli Zoo in Tripoli’s Abu Salim neighbourhood with the Zoo’s Director and members of the Stability Support Apparatus (SSA), including the head of the SSA Abdul Ghani al-Kikli (Ghinaywa). Dabaiba was briefed on...
by Client Client | Mar 10, 2022 | International actors
On 10 March, UNSMIL issued a statement saying that it was closely following with concern reports about the mobilization of forces and movement of large convoys of armed groups that have increased tensions in and around Tripoli. The statement stressed importance of...
by Client Client | Mar 10, 2022 | Libyan actors
On 10 March, armed groups from Misrata, Wershafana, and Zawiyya aligned to House of Representatives (HoR) appointed Prime Minister Fathi Bashaagha and his Government of National Stability (GNS) attempted to enter Tripoli to assume power from the incumbent Government...
by Client Client | Mar 7, 2022 | ISIS
On 7 March, the LNA’s Southern Operations Room launched an operation to pursue suspected ISIS operatives near the Chad and Niger borders, south of Qatrun. According to reports, the LNA uncovered an ISIS safehouse, a grave and a ‘secret prison.’
by Client Client | Mar 7, 2022 | Libyan actors
On 7 March, the Libyan National Army (LNA) Artillery and Missile Company launched two R-17 short range surface-to-surface ballistic missiles during a testing operation southwest of Benghazi. The missiles were launched from the Jardina area, landing south of Tubruq in...
by Client Client | Mar 4, 2022 | International actors
On 4 March, the governments of France, Germany, Italy, the US and the UK released a joint statement noting the UN Secretary-General’s statement and ‘expressing our concern at recent reports of violence, threats of violence, intimidation, and kidnappings’. The...
by Client Client | Mar 3, 2022 | Libyan actors
On 3 March, an armed group shut off the pipeline valve linking the Sharara, al-Feel and Hamada oil fields to Zawiyya and Mellitah oil terminals as well as Zawiyya refinery. The chairman of the National Oil Corporation (NOC) Mustafa Sanallah stated, ‘We have been...
by Client Client | Mar 3, 2022 | Libyan actors
On 3 March, the Misratan Joint Force under the command of Mohammed Issa is alleged to have temporarily detained the GNS Minister for Foreign Affairs, Hafez Qaddour, and the Minister of Culture and Arts, Salha al-Darrouki. Qaddour and Darrouki were both released after...
