by Client Client | Aug 17, 2021 | International actors
On 17 August, Chief of Staff Mohammed al-Haddad met in Istanbul with Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar, where the two sides discussed bilateral cooperation and regional issues of mutual concern. During the meeting, Akar reportedly said that Turkish military forces...
by Client Client | Aug 15, 2021 | Libyan actors
On 15 August, the Presidential Council announced the creation of the ‘West Coast Military Zone’ and appointed former GNA Minister of Defence, Salah al-Deen al-Namroush, as its head. As a part of the appointment, Namroush was elevated to the rank of Major General. The...
by Client Client | Aug 14, 2021 | Libyan actors
On 14 August, the 5+5 Joint Military Commission (JMC) met in Sirte for their seventh meeting, concluding with a statement calling on the Government of National Unity (GNU) to freeze military agreements and memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with all countries. The JMC...
by Client Client | Aug 12, 2021 | International actors
In the last week, Bloomberg published an article citing informed sources to claim that Russia is working to have Saif al-Islam Qadhafi elected as President of Libya in the elections scheduled for 24 December this year. The report claimed that Russia was applying...
by Client Client | Aug 11, 2021 | ISIS
On 11 August, the Spokesperson for the Libyan National Army (LNA) Ahmed al-Mismari announced that the LNA had arrested a suspected ISIS operative of Sudanese origin during a security operation near Qatrun in south-western Libya. The statement claimed that LNA forces...
by Client Client | Aug 11, 2021 | ISIS
On 11 August, the Government of National Unity’s Minister of Justice announced that 100 suspected ISIS operatives from Africa and the Middle East would be deported to their countries of origin.
by Client Client | Aug 11, 2021 | Libyan actors
On 11 August, the GNU Military Prosecutor, Mohammed Gharouda’s, order for Saif al-Islam al-Qadhafi, the son of the former dictator Muammar al-Qadhafi, to be arrested circulated on social media having been issued on 5 August.The warrant appeared to refer to case...
by Client Client | Aug 11, 2021 | International actors
On 11 August, the American Ambassador and Special Envoy to Libya, Richard Norland, met in Cairo with Libyan National Army (LNA) Commander Khalifa Haftar. The US embassy said on Twitter that the visit was ‘part of US efforts to support Libyan parliamentary and...
by Client Client | Aug 11, 2021 | International actors
On 11 August, the BBC published an exposé on the presence of the Wagner group in Libya following the BBC’s discovery of a tablet left behind by an operative. According to the report, documents, including a ‘shopping list’ of weapons and equipment given to the BBC by a...
by Client Client | Aug 9, 2021 | Libyan actors
On 9 August, the head of the Libyan National Army (LNA), Khalifa Haftar, made a series of significant appointments, reshuffling the LNA General Command and its organisation.Former Prime Minister of the eastern-based Interim Government, Abdullah al-Thinni, was...
