by Client Client | Feb 15, 2025 | Libyan actors
On 15 February, the Attorney General said it had ordered the detention of two members of the Emergency Department within the Misrata Security Directorate due to their involvement in the torture and abuse of a Pakistani national while he was detained in the department....
by Client Client | Feb 14, 2025 | International actors
On 14 February, the Russian embassy in Tripoli denied reports that Russian jets with Russian pilots were involved in the recent fighting in the south. According to the embassy, there are no Russian military aircraft or pilots on Libyan territory.
by Client Client | Feb 13, 2025 | Libyan actors
On 13 February, two persons in Zawiyya were assassinated by unknown gunmen. On 17 February, fighting with light infantry weapons took place between the militias of Muhammed al-Baroun (aka al Far) and the 103rd (Zawiya) Infantry Brigade near Martyr’s Square in...
by Client Client | Feb 13, 2025 | International actors
On 13 February, Chatham House published a report entitled ‘How migrant smuggling has fuelled conflict in Libya’, a systems analysis of key transit hubs namely Kufra, Sebha and Zawiyya. It highlights that since 2020 there has been an uptick in migrant departures to...
by Client Client | Feb 12, 2025 | Libyan actors
On 12 February in the morning, the car of Government of National Unity (GNU) Minister of State for Prime Minister and Cabinet Affairs Adel Jumaa was shot at by unidentified gunmen shortly after he had left Palm City on the Second Ring Road in Tripoli. The car was hit...
by Client Client | Feb 12, 2025 | Libyan actors
On 12 February, UNSMIL reiterated its alarm at the discovery of two mass graves in al-Wahat and Kufra, some with gunshot wounds. The victims had reportedly been held captive by traffickers for months and subjected to severe abuse and torture. Due to their irregular...
by Client Client | Feb 11, 2025 | Libyan actors
On 11 February, the Libyan Army’s West Coast Military District announced the beginning of military operations in the city of Zuwara ‘as part of the decisive action to eradicate organized crime dens and confront outlaws.’ The 105th Battalion and the 62nd Brigade...
by Client Client | Feb 11, 2025 | Libyan actors
On 11 February in the evening, Libyan National Army (LNA) troops, including Military Police and the 87th Rapid Reaction Battalion of the Special Forces (aligned with Saddam Haftar), arrived in al-Qatrun in the far south-west of Libya and demanded forces loyal to...
by Client Client | Feb 11, 2025 | Libyan actors
On 11 February, UNHCR said it is alarmed by the discovery of two mass graves found at trafficking sites in Libya’s desert—19 bodies in Ejkherra (south of Benghazi) and at least 28 bodies north of al-Kufra. Alkufra is the main entry point for refugees entering...
by Client Client | Feb 8, 2025 | Libyan actors
On 8 February, the Attorney General announced the detention of four members of the Zuwara Coast Guard Branch. They are allegedly involved in an incident in which members of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) tried to stop the embarkation of 37 illegal...
