by Client Client | Nov 13, 2024 | International actors
Since last week, two Libyan warships – one from each of the navies of the Tripoli-based Libyan Army and the Libyan National Army (LNA) – have participated in US AFRICOM’s Naval Exercise Phoenix Express 2024. The training for maritime security operations included...
by Client Client | Nov 12, 2024 | International actors
On 12 November, Tunisia’s Minister of Defense Khaled Sehili declared during a parliamentary session about the defense budget that ‘Tunisia will not relinquish a single inch of its territory.’ He specifically addressed concerns about land use in areas adjacent to the...
by Client Client | Nov 12, 2024 | Libyan actors
On 12 November, in the evening, the head of the Central Security Department of the Libyan Intelligence Service (LIS) Brigadier General Mustafa al-Wahishi was released and handed over to his family in Janzour. After the release of al-Wahishi, the Zintanis ended the...
by Client Client | Nov 9, 2024 | International actors
On 9 November, a delegation from the General Staff of the Libyan Army participated in the 39th meeting of the Executive Committee of the 5+5 Defense Initiative in Madrid, Spain. Members of this initiative are five European countries (Spain, France, Italy, Portugal and...
by Client Client | Nov 8, 2024 | Libyan actors
On 8 November in the evening, the Zintani-led Southwest Branch of the PFG (again) stopped a 444 Brigade patrol in the vicinity of an oilfield in the al-Hamada al-Hamra desert. About 16 members of the 444 Brigade were arrested and several vehicles were confiscated...
by Client Client | Nov 7, 2024 | Libyan actors
On 7 November, four participants in the 10th edition of the ‘TT Desert Rally’ were injured in an explosion of a landmine in the vicinity of Waddan, about 15 km away from the rally camp off the paved road. Their car had left the main route and entered a restricted area...
by Client Client | Nov 7, 2024 | Libyan actors
Tensions in Yefren (an Amazigh town) have persisted after protestors forced Central and Western Region Military District forces (under Zintani control) out of the town in late October, resulting in arrests and kidnapping of Yefren citizens in retaliation. The moves...
by Client Client | Nov 7, 2024 | International actors
On 7 November, Secretary General of the Libyan National Army (LNA) General Command, Khairi al-Tamimi, received the Turkish military attaché to Libya and his accompanying delegation at the LNA headquarters in Rajma, discussing joint cooperation between the two...
by Client Client | Nov 7, 2024 | International actors
On 7 November, the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office announced 56 new sanctions against Russia that ‘disrupts the supply of vital equipment for Putin’s war machine and bears down on Russian malign activity globally, exposing the corrupt activities of...
by Client Client | Nov 6, 2024 | Libyan actors
On 6 November, Government of National Unity (GNU) Minister of Interior Emad Trabelsi announced plans to introduce a ‘morality police’ and a women’s police unit to counter behaviour he believes undermines traditional Libyan identity. This includes non-wearing of the...