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...
by Client Client | Mar 2, 2022 | Libyan actors
On 2 March, Zawiyyan militia command Mohammed Bin Rajab – in the company of key militia commanders including head of the Security Support Apparatus (SSA) Abdul Ghani al-Kikli (Ghinaywa), Tripoli Revolutionaries Brigade (TRB) commander Ayoub Abu Ras, commander of...
by Client Client | Mar 2, 2022 | International actors
On 2 March, the UN released a statement attributable to the Secretary-General expressing concern that the House of Representatives’ (HoR) vote of confidence on the cabinet of Fathi Bashaagha ‘fell short of the expected standards of transparency & procedures...
by Client Client | Mar 1, 2022 | Libyan actors
On 1 March, Dabaiba issued a decision as the Minister of Defence prohibiting armed groups from mobilising without his orders. In the following days, Dabaiba put the military in Tripoli on high alert.
by Client Client | Mar 1, 2022 | Libyan actors
On 1 March, the HoR granted confidence to Bashaagha’s slightly amended Cabinet list, dubbed the Government of National Stability (GNS). At the time of writing, there remains confusion about the number of HoR members in attendance and the votes in favour of the...
by Client Client | Feb 27, 2022 | International actors
On 27 February, the LNA’s Commander of the Moral Guidance Department, Khaled Mahjoub, reported that clashes broke out between the LNA’s Subul al-Salam Battalion (Ways of Peace) and armed groups south of Kufra during a patrol. Mahjoub reported that the LNA took control...
by Client Client | Feb 25, 2022 | Libyan actors
On 25 February, the Zintani Joint Operations Room mobilised to the Qadamat checkpoint south of Ghariyan and established earthwork defence positions in response to reports that Libyan National Army (LNA) aligned forces were looking to mobilise to the Ghariyan and...
