by Client Client | Aug 15, 2026 | Libyan actors
Tensions have been rising in northern Niger, with the Southern Liberation Operations Room (SLOR) continuing to be active there and securing Libyan National Army (LNA) defections. On 15 August, in an unidentified location in northern Niger, the 1st Recon Company of the...
by Client Client | Aug 14, 2026 | ISIS
On 14 August, the Libyan National Army (LNA) helped secure the release of a U.S. hostage from Islamic State affiliates in Mali. Reuters news agency cited five sources as saying that the LNA helped secure the release on 14 August of Kevin Rideout, an American...
by Client Client | Aug 14, 2026 | International actors
Italy and Greece have brought prosecutions against alleged people smugglers. On 14 August, the Greek Coast Guard said four minors, who said they were aged 14-17, were arrested on the southern island of Crete accused of piloting four small boats carrying a total of 229...
by Client Client | Aug 13, 2026 | Libyan actors
On 13 August, Muammar al-Dhawi, commander of the 55 Brigade (Wershefana), mediated a meeting in Janzour between Government of National Unity (GNU) National Security Advisor Ibrahim Dabaiba and Zawiyyan militia leader Muhammed Bahroun aka al-Far. The two men reportedly...
by Client Client | Aug 13, 2026 | Libyan actors
On 13 August, a seven‑year‑old girl was injured in Tripoli when a drone crashed into a swimming pool at a home near the 111th Brigade camp (led by Deputy MoD Abdussalam Zoubi) on Airport Road. According to eyewitnesses, the drone suddenly fell into the residential...
by Client Client | Aug 12, 2026 | Libyan actors
There were several deaths at sea this week after a migrant boat sunk off the coast of Libya. On 12 August, Albatross – SOS MEDITERRANEE’s and Humanitarian Pilots Initiative’s (HPI) joint aerial monitoring plane – witnessed two interceptions by Libyan...
by Client Client | Aug 12, 2026 | Libyan actors
On 12 August, the General Command of the Libyan National Army (LNA) announced that a suspected terrorist cell was arrested in Benghazi during a ‘special security operation’ conducted by the LNA’s security affairs department, just one day after the assassination of the...
by Client Client | Aug 12, 2026 | International actors
US Senior Advisor on Arab and African Affairs Massad Boulos condemned the killing of Libyan National Army (LNA) Military Intelligence Chief Major General Fawzi al-Mansouri, as well as the Zawiyya attacks. He said the US calls for thorough investigations into the...
by Client Client | Aug 12, 2026 | International actors
On 12 August, Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs Hakan Fidan arrived at Benghazi-Benina where he was officially received by Libyan National Army (LNA) Deputy Commander Lieutenant General Saddam Haftar. Fidan’s principal encounter was with LNA Commander Field Marshal...
by Client Client | Aug 11, 2026 | Libyan actors
The Government of National Unity (GNU) has issued a strong response to continued attacks against oil and electricity facilities in Zawiyya, raising the prospect of a major GNU operation against the city, before a tentative agreement was struck and tensions cooled...
