by Client Client | Nov 7, 2023 | International actors
On 7 November, under the chairmanship of UN Envoy Abdoulaye Bathily, a meeting of the 5+5 JMC (Joint Military Committee) started in Tunis together with the chairs of the Berlin Conference Security Working Group. The meeting continued until 9 November without Bathily...
by Client Client | Nov 5, 2023 | International actors
On 5 November, Bloomberg reported that a defence deal is being ‘hammered out’ between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Libyan National Army (LNA) commander Khalifa Haftar following their meeting in Moscow in late September. According to Bloomberg, Haftar is...
by Client Client | Nov 3, 2023 | Libyan actors
On 3 November, Grand Mufti al-Sadiq al-Ghariani demanded the release of a Hamas cell imprisoned in Mitiga. The men were convicted of murder, building bombs for the Benghazi Revolutionary Shura Council (BRSC) and conducting bomb attacks. Al-Ghariani stated that it is a...
by Client Client | Nov 1, 2023 | Libyan actors
On 1 November, a weapons and ammunition depot located in the June 9th residential area of Zliten exploded. After the explosion, a fire broke out. Due to a series of further explosions of ammunition, the surrounding area was evacuated. Some shells or rockets impacted 4...
by Client Client | Oct 31, 2023 | International actors
On 31 October, there were reports that Wagner fighters stationed at Brak al-Shatti airbase, around 300km south of al-Shuwayrif, were on high alert following the mobilisation of forces aligned with the Government of National Unity (GNU) to Ghariyan. They were...
by Client Client | Oct 31, 2023 | Libyan actors
On 31 October, Abdussalam al-Zubi, the head of the Government of National Unity’s (GNU) newly formed Joint Operations Room for the Defence of the Western and Southwestern Regions, ordered units to establish checkpoints from Ghariyan to the Qarayyat region...
by Client Client | Oct 29, 2023 | Libyan actors
On 29 October, there were clashes in mountain town of Ghariyan, 80 kilometres south of Tripoli, between forces aligned with the Government of National Unity (GNU), including the local branch of the Stabilisation Support Apparatus of Abdul-Ghani al-Kikli (aka...
by Client Client | Oct 25, 2023 | International actors
On 25 October, the House of Representatives (HoR) demanded the immediate departure of the ambassadors of countries supporting Israel in the Gaza war. At the same time, it also demanded a ban on oil and gas exports to these countries if the ‘massacres by the occupation...
by Client Client | Oct 23, 2023 | Libyan actors
On 23 October, it was made public that Libyan National Army (LNA) Commander Khalifa Haftar has granted 138 officers an exceptional promotion to a higher rank. Haftar’s Resolution No. 357 / 2023 was actually issued on 17 October. The names of the promoted...
by Client Client | Oct 20, 2023 | International actors
Following the attack on the al-Ahli hospital in Gaza on 18 October, there was an uptick in anti-Israeli anger and protests in Libya. On the afternoon of 20 October, a demonstration against Israel and in support of the Palestinians took place in Martyr’s Square...