by Client Client | Dec 29, 2024 | International actors
On 29 December, the Italian Council of Ministers approved a draft law ratifying an agreement with Libya allowing the transfer of prisoners between the two countries, allowing them to serve the remainder of their sentences in their country of origin. According to a...
by Client Client | Dec 26, 2024 | International actors
On 26 December, the British daily The Telegraph reported that China allegedly planned to send up to 92 armed drones worth USD 1 billion to the Libyan National Army (LNA) under Khalifa Haftar using a network of shell companies in the UK, Egypt, and Tunisia in order to...
by Client Client | Dec 21, 2024 | International actors
On 21-22 December, the first regional Military Intelligence Director’s conference for Libya and its neighbouring countries took place in Tripoli. Other than the host nation, delegations from Tunisia, Algeria, Niger, Chad, and Sudan participated, albeit not all with...
by Client Client | Dec 19, 2024 | International actors
On 19 December, a high-level UNSMIL delegation led by acting SRSG Stephanie Koury visited Kufra to assess the ongoing humanitarian response for Sudanese refugees. The members of the delegation engaged with local authorities, partners, refugees, and host communities to...
by Client Client | Dec 19, 2024 | International actors
On 19-20 December, the EU Delegation to Libya and the 5+5 Joint Military Commission (JMC) held two-day consultations in Rome with EUNAVFOR Med’s Operation Irini to explore ‘how the EU and Mission Irini can best support the Committee’s work’. On 19 December, US Chargé...
by Client Client | Dec 19, 2024 | Libyan actors
On 19 December, reports emerged that the Audit Bureau had been forced to relocate from its headquarters in the Dhara area of Tripoli to the Guest Palaces Complex in the Hay Dimashq area, with the Dhara HQ being cordoned off by armed groups and files being transferred...
by Client Client | Dec 17, 2024 | International actors
There has been a flurry of reporting on the possible transfers of Russian resources from Syria to Libya over the last two weeks. On 17 December, the Italian Minister of Defence (MoD) Guido Crosetto claimed that Moscow is trans ferring resources from the Syrian navy...
by Client Client | Dec 16, 2024 | International actors
In her UNSC address on 16 December, acting SRSG to Libya Stephanie Koury noted that arbitrary arrests and detention persist across the country, expressing concern about deaths in custody with 4 deaths, including two women, since her last briefing. She called on Libyan...
by Client Client | Dec 15, 2024 | Libyan actors
On 15 December, the National Oil Corporation (NOC) declared a state of force majeure and emergency of the third degree (maximum) after a number of tanks at the Zawiyya Refinery were severely damaged during the early morning hours, which led to the outbreak of fires....
by Client Client | Dec 12, 2024 | Libyan actors
On 12 December in the afternoon, both the Stability Support Agency (SSA) and the 444 Brigade deployed a number of troops to the surroundings of Tripoli University. Several entrances to the university were closed. The students were evacuated from the area by the...
