by Client Client | May 21, 2025 | Libyan actors
According to an IOM DTM Report released on 21 May, there were at least 858,604 migrants in Libya as of January to February 2025. This represents an increase of approximately four per cent compared to the previous round of data collection and nearly 19 per cent...
by Client Client | May 20, 2025 | International actors
On 20 May, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported that armed groups in Tripoli failed to protect civilians during recent clashes, resulting in deaths and property damage, and called for urgent investigations into alleged abuses. HRW emphasized the reckless disregard for...
by Client Client | May 20, 2025 | Libyan actors
In Misrata, a couple of hundred people gathered in front of the municipal council headquarters to protest against what they described as the ‘encroachment of militias.’ They specifically named Saddam Haftar and Aqeela Saleh, accusing them of ‘destroying the political...
by Client Client | May 20, 2025 | Libyan actors
The truce keeping the peace among Tripoli’s rival armed groups and their political backers has remained in place this week, with no major clashes or fighting. However, tensions remain high and there have been pockets of violence. On 20 May, the Joint Truce Committee...
by Client Client | May 20, 2025 | International actors
In a Senate hearing on 20 May, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, ‘No, there’s no deportation of Palestinians from Gaza to Libya. What we have talked to some nations is about voluntary moving.’ On 23 May, Rubio issued a statement to Judge Brian Murphy, a...
by Client Client | May 19, 2025 | Libyan actors
On 19 May, Lloyd’s List reported that since 13 May (when clashes intensified in Tripoli), there have been no vessels tracked arriving at Tripoli port. Several shipping companies have suspended operations due to the insecurity. The few ships that were berthed inside...
by Client Client | May 19, 2025 | International actors
The UN and a wide range of international actors have been calling for calm and seeking to facilitate mediation, with PM Abdul Hameed Dabaiba holding a well-publicised meeting with several ambassadors presumably designed to show he still has international backing....
by Client Client | May 18, 2025 | Libyan actors
On 18 May, the situation in Tripoli was widely stable. A couple of streets, including the Coastal Road, Tripoli University Road and 2nd Ring Road were temporarily blocked by protesters during the day. After a couple of hours, the Tripoli Security Directorate announced...
by Client Client | May 17, 2025 | Libyan actors
The fighting in Tripoli has created a high death toll and a significant amount of damage to infrastructure and property, as well as increased theft and looting. There have also been discoveries of bodies and mass graves in previously Stability Support Agency...
by Client Client | May 17, 2025 | International actors
On 18 May, the Presidential Council (PC), as Commander-in-Chief, in cooperation with UNSMIL, formed a truce committee ‘building on the fragile peace reached last week’ and held its first meeting. The committee is headed by Libyan Army Chief of Staff Lieutenant General...
