by websystems | Mar 22, 2021 | International actors
On 22 March, the European Union imposed sanctions on Mohammed al-Kani, the former leader of the Kaniyat militia, and his brother Abdul Rahim al-Kani in relation to killings and kidnappings in Tarhouna between 2015 and 2020.
by websystems | Mar 21, 2021 | International actors
On 21 March, the Italian Foreign Minister, Luigi Di Maio, met GNU Prime Minister, Abdul Hameed Dabaiba, in Tripoli. They discussed bilateral relations, migration, and establishing a joint committee to re-establish trade between their countries. In a statement...
by Jason | Mar 18, 2021 | International actors
This week, fresh reports emerged to suggest that international actors had not recalled foreign operatives from Libya. On 8 March, reports indicated that, following the UAE’s drawdown in Eritrea, Abu Dhabi transferred military equipment and personnel to an Egyptian...
by Jason | Mar 18, 2021 | Libyan actors
This week, as the new reformed Presidential Council (PC) and Government of National Unity (GNU) came into power, skirmishes took place in Tripoli and Bani Walid. On 9 March, the Tripoli Protection Force (TPF) militia called on members of the House of Representatives...
by Client Client | Mar 18, 2021 | ISIS
On 18 March, the Tripoli Attorney-General’s Office stated that ten women and 14 children detained during the recapture of Sirte from ISIS have been repatriated to Tunisia. The group was handed over to Tunisian authorities at the Ras Ajdir border crossing. The...
by Jason | Mar 10, 2021 | ISIS
On 4 March, the Investigation Department of the Attorney General’s Office confirmed the arrest of six ISIS members in Zliten, Qarbouli, Tripoli and Zawiya. According to the head of the Investigation Department, the detainees are Libyan nationals and include...
by Jason | Mar 10, 2021 | International actors
This week, as Russian officials met with the the Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), reports surfaced that the Russian Wagner private military company has transferred a new group of mercenaries from Syria to fight in Libya. On 3 March, Israel’s...
by Jason | Mar 10, 2021 | Libyan actors
This week, Libya’s unified House of Representatives (HoR) endorsed Prime Minister designate Abdul Hameed Dabaiba’s Government of National Unity (GNU) after two days of talks in Sirte. On 4 March, the Tripoli headquarters of the Administrative Control...
by Jason | Mar 3, 2021 | ISIS
On 28 February, unconfirmed reports emerged on social media from pro-LNA sources that three ISIS operatives were arrested in Derna. They reportedly entered the city under the guise of humanitarian workers with the intention of forming sleeper cells.
by Jason | Mar 3, 2021 | International actors
This week, Russia, through the vehicle of Ramzan Kadyrov, reached out to Libya’s Prime Minister designate, Abdul Hameed Dabaiba, while the UN confirmed that it had the capacity the monitor Libya’s ceasefire. On 22 February, Russian media reported that the President of...
