by Client Client | Nov 6, 2021 | Libyan actors
On 6 November, clashes broke out in Warshafana between Muammar al-Dawi’s 55 Battalion and the Ramzi al-Lafaa Brigade. The clashes were sparked when the Ramzi al-Lafaa Brigade opened fire at the son of the Mayor of Al-Zahra as he was passing through An-Najila. A female...
by Client Client | Nov 4, 2021 | International actors
On 4 November, Emraji al-Emmami, a member of the 5+5 Joint Military Commission (JMC), stated that the JMC would be meeting separately with officials from Turkey and Russia in Egypt later this month. Emmami said the meetings would discuss the exit of foreign forces and...
by Client Client | Nov 4, 2021 | Libyan actors
On 4 November, clashes broke out in the Jadda’im area of Zawiyya between armed groups aligned to the Isnad Support Force of the Zawiyya Security Directorate under Mohammed Bahroun (also known as ‘al-Far’, the ‘Mouse’) and the Stability Support Apparatus (SSA)...
by Client Client | Nov 2, 2021 | International actors
On 2 November, the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights (SOHR) reported that 150 Syrian mercenaries had returned to Syria, with a fresh cohort of the same number.
by Client Client | Nov 2, 2021 | Libyan actors
On 2 November, unidentifed armed groups reportedly closed the Misurata-Sirte road at Abu Grein. They were reportedly demanding the payment of dues to the Sirte-Al-Jufra Operations Room. Reports suggest the road has been subsequently reopened.
by Client Client | Oct 30, 2021 | International actors
On 30 October, members of the 5+5 Joint Military Commission (JMC) convened in Cairo to discuss the withdrawal of foreign operatives from southern Libya. Jan Kubis, head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), presided over the meeting. Egyptian...
by Client Client | Oct 28, 2021 | Libyan actors
On 28 October, a number of heads of eastern security directorates declared they will only follow orders from Qaim, and not the Tripoli-based Minister of Interior, Khaled Mazen.
by Client Client | Oct 27, 2021 | Libyan actors
On 27 October, an armed group affiliated to the 444 Brigade launched a failed attempt to kidnap the Commander of the Tripoli Military Zone, Abdul Baset Marwan, from his house in Tripoli. The following day Marwan issued a statement addressed to the Chief of the Libyan...
by Client Client | Oct 27, 2021 | Libyan actors
On 27 October, an unidentified armed group stormed the Ministry of Sport in Tripoli. According to a ministry statement, an ‘illegal force’ surrounded its headquarters before launching its assault on the building. The Ministry called upon security forces and the...
by Client Client | Oct 26, 2021 | International actors
On 26 October the UN Security Council added Osama al-Koni Ibrahim, who manages the Nasr Detention Centre, to its sanctions list, accusing him of human rights violations and of acting ‘on behalf of or at the direction of two listed individuals intrinsically linked to...
