by Client Client | Aug 29, 2025 | International actors
On 29 August, the newly-appointed Chief of Staff of the Libyan National Army (LNA) Khaled Haftar arrived in Moscow for an official visit, his first in this role. He was received at the airport by Deputy Russian Defense Minister, Colonel-General Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, in...
by Client Client | Aug 28, 2025 | Libyan actors
On 28 August, later in the afternoon, the 55th (Wershefana) Battalion led by Muhammar al-Dhawi, declared a state of alert and mobilized all its forces. At first, the Battalion conducted a show-of-force in the Wershefana territory, but later moved on to the Coastal...
by Client Client | Aug 28, 2025 | Libyan actors
On 28 August, violent clashes erupted in the city of Zawiyya after a young man from the al-Awis clan was killed in an ambush by a member of the rival Bin Nasr clan, reportedly during a dispute over a stolen car, after he was lured to the house of the killers. In...
by Client Client | Aug 28, 2025 | Libyan actors
On 28 August, an explosion occurred inside a power station in al-Kremiya in southern Tripoli. The power station was severely damaged. It is not clear if the incident was triggered by a technical malfunction or by sabotage. On 1 September in the very early hours, a...
by Client Client | Aug 27, 2025 | International actors
Spanish media has reported that on 27 August, the Liberian-flagged cargo ship Lila Mumbai, number 9253143, had been detained on suspicion of transporting military equipment to Benghazi. It was held in the waters off the Spanish port of Ceuta for four days as...
by Client Client | Aug 27, 2025 | Libyan actors
Various social and political groups, as well as key security figures, have condemned or protested against the mobilisations and war-footing of the pro-Dabaiba armed groups in and around Tripoli, while UNSMIL has called for de-escalation. On 27 August, Misrata hosted a...
by Client Client | Aug 27, 2025 | Libyan actors
The Government of National Unity (GNU) and pro-Dabaiba forces have ramped up their pressure against Rada, demanding they hand over Mitiga Airport. The same day (27 August), the Joint Operations Room of the Ministry of Defense issued a ‘final warning’ to the Special...
by Client Client | Aug 26, 2025 | International actors
On 26 August, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi received Libyan National Army (LNA) commander Khalifa Haftar and House of Representatives (HoR) Speaker Aqeela Saleh in El Alamein, Egypt. According to official information, the talks centred on the latest...
by Client Client | Aug 26, 2025 | Libyan actors
Since SRSG Hanna Tetteh presented UNSMIL’s new Libya roadmap to the UN Security Council on 21 August (which notably includes provision for a new, unified government), mobilisations by pro-Dabaiba groups and shows of force around Tripoli have been intensifying. On 26...
by Client Client | Aug 25, 2025 | International actors
On 25 August, SOS Mediterranee announced that one of its rescue ships, the Ocean Viking — with its European crew members aboard — was shot at with small arms by a Libyan Coast Guard vessel in international waters off the coast of Khoms, after it rescued 87...
