by Client Client | Dec 8, 2021 | International actors
On 8 December, the 5+5 JMC travelled to Moscow to discuss their Action Plan for the withdrawal of foreign fighters from Libya with Russian officials, including Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov.
by Client Client | Dec 6, 2021 | Libyan actors
On 6 December, units from the Libyan National Army’s (LNA) 106 Brigade were reportedly deployed to Awbari.
by Client Client | Dec 6, 2021 | International actors
On 6 December, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced that he was appointing former acting UN Envoy to Libya and former Deputy Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Stephanie Williams, to be his Special Advisor on Libya. Williams will assume the...
by Client Client | Dec 3, 2021 | International actors
On 3 December, the Government of National Unity’s (GNU) Director of Moral Guidance Department stated that the 5+5 Joint Military Commission (JMC) had travelled to Turkey to discuss their Action Plan for the withdrawal of foreign fighters, forces and mercenaries from...
by Client Client | Dec 2, 2021 | Libyan actors
On 2 December, the High National Elections Commission (HNEC) stated that four of its electoral centres in Aziziya and one in Tripoli had been attacked, with voter cards being stolen by armed groups. According to HNEC Director of Communication, the stolen voter cards...
by Client Client | Dec 1, 2021 | Libyan actors
On 1 December, the Government of National Unity (GNU) Minister of Interior Khaled Mazen and the Minister of Justice Halima Abdurrahman released a joint statement expressing concern over the security of elections, making reference to recent security issues centred on...
by Client Client | Nov 28, 2021 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 28 November, the Libyan National Army’s (LNA) 106 Brigade reportedly conducted a security operation against terrorist elements in Sebha, arresting the known terrorist Ali al-Bakir and two others of Egyptian and Pakistani nationality. According to the LNA’s...
by Client Client | Nov 26, 2021 | Libyan actors
On 26 November, Government of National Unity (GNU) Minister of Interior Khaled Mazen stated that all efforts to secure national elections were going according to plan, though noted that some attacks may occur on electoral locations. Mazen reportedly said that the...
by Client Client | Nov 26, 2021 | Libyan actors
On 26 November, reports circulated that Zawiyya-based armed groups and the Warshefana 55 Battalion had mobilised and were pushing reinforcements to Bridge 27 (27km west of Tripoli).
by Client Client | Nov 25, 2021 | International actors
On 25 November, the Turkish National Security Council, following a meeting chaired by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, released a statement declaring that the international community ‘should oppose actors who are trying to exploit the Libyan election process...