by Client Client | Feb 1, 2022 | International actors
On 1 February, the UN Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Farhan Haq, stated that no individual had been proposed to assume the position of UN Special Envoy to Libya following the departure of Jan Kubis nearly two months prior. Haq stated that...
by Client Client | Jan 31, 2022 | Libyan actors
On 31 January, clashes broke out in Zawiyya between unidentified armed groups. During the clashes a shell landed on a civilian home resulting in at least four deaths and a number of injuries.
by Client Client | Jan 31, 2022 | International actors
In an interview with The Guardian on 31 January, Williams stated ‘My fear is that some people may now manoeuvre for a prolonged period of delay. The HoR exists off a mandate that it was given in elections 3,700 days ago. It has been seven years, seven months since...
by Client Client | Jan 31, 2022 | International actors
On 31 January, the UN Security Council (UNSC) voted for a technical roll over of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) mandate for three months until April 30 2022, following an alleged dispute between the UK and Russia over the former’s initial extension...
by Client Client | Jan 28, 2022 | Libyan actors
On 28 January, an assassination attempt was made against the GNU Minister of Justice, Halima Ibrahim Abdurrahman, in the al-Swani neighbourhood, south of Tripoli. Rahman was unharmed. The identity and the motivations of the perpetrators are unknown. The attack was...
by Client Client | Jan 28, 2022 | ISIS
On 28 January, the Libyan National Army’s (LNA) Spokesperson Ahmed al-Mismari announced in a press conference that 24 ISIS operatives were killed and one was captured during three days of clashes with LNA forces near Qatrun in south-western Libya. Four LNA members...
by Client Client | Jan 25, 2022 | International actors
On 25 January, GNU Prime Minister Dabaiba, Foreign Minister Najla al-Mangoush, Interior Minister Khaled Mazen, and Chief of Staff Mohamed al-Haddad, met with a Chadian delegation, including Chadian Prime Minister Albert Pahimi Padacké and the Head of the Transitional...
by Client Client | Jan 25, 2022 | Libyan actors
On 25 January, the GNU’s Minister for Health, Ali al-Zanati, was arrested at Mitiga International Airport by the Special Deterrence Force (Rada). A Spokesperson for Rada, Ahmed Bin Salem, confirmed that the arrest warrant for Zanati had been issued by the Attorney...
by Client Client | Jan 24, 2022 | ISIS
On 24 January, the LNA’s Umm al-Aranib Martyrs Brigade was reportedly ambushed by an ISIS-affiliated armed group between Qatrun and Majdoul on return from the city of Taraghinin in southern Libya. Two LNA fighters were reportedly killed. Later that day, ISIS confirmed...
by Client Client | Jan 24, 2022 | International actors
On 24 January, the UN Security Council held a briefing on Libya at which a number of figures addressed the council including Ambassador Jeffrey DeLaurentis, Senior Advisor for Special Political Affairs, and Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and...
