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...
by Client Client | Oct 25, 2021 | Libyan actors
On the evening of 25 October and throughout the morning of 26 October, there were clashes in Zawiyya between the First Division (Esnad) (also known as the First Support Squad) of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) led by Mohammed Bahroun (also known as...
by Client Client | Oct 24, 2021 | Libyan actors
On 24 October, the 777 Brigade, led by Haithem Tajouri, along with the Stability Support Apparatus (SSA) led by Abdul-Ghani al-Kikli (Ghinaywa) mobilised their forces along the airport road through to the Tripoli International Airport. This follows reports of the 444...
by Client Client | Oct 23, 2021 | ISIS
On 23 October, the Counter Terrorism Force (CTF) announced the arrest of members of Islamic State in Libya (ISIS) in Msallata, north-western Libya. Among the arrested were two prominent ISIS members, including Abi al-Libi, known to have previously fought in Syria. The...
by Client Client | Oct 23, 2021 | Libyan actors
On 23 October, the Government of National Unity (GNU) Ministry of Labour and Rehabilitation launched its Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) initiative, the National Project for the Rehabilitation and Reintegration, in Tripoli. GNU Prime Minister,...
by Client Client | Oct 21, 2021 | International actors
On 21 October, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met with the head of the Libyan National Army (LNA), Khalifa Haftar, after attending the Libya Stabilisation Conference in Tripoli. Shoukry also met with several other senior leaders in Cyrenaica, including Deputy...
by Client Client | Oct 18, 2021 | ISIS
On 18 October, Islamic State in Libya (ISIS) released a series of photos showing a total of seven ISIS members training with firearms and captioned “graduation of a batch of caliphate soldiers from the military course in Libya”. The location of the photos...
