by Client Client | Aug 18, 2023 | International actors
On 18 August, the Front pour l’Alternance et la Concorde au Tchad (FACT) published a statement in which it claimed that the Chadian army had carried out an aerial bombardment on its base in Libya, killing three people and injuring another four. It also claimed that...
by Client Client | Aug 15, 2023 | Libyan actors
On 15 August, media outlets and social media posts reported that Turkey had leased the port of Khoms for 99 years and that the Turkish Armed Forces would use it as a base in the Mediterranean. It is not entirely clear if the message was posted first by Turkish social...
by Client Client | Aug 15, 2023 | Libyan actors
After the abduction of the 444 Brigade commander Mahmoud Hamza by Aburraouf Kara’s Rada Force on 14 August, fighting continued between those militias and their allies in Tripoli until late in the evening on 15 August. The main battle areas were along the line Tripoli...
by Client Client | Aug 15, 2023 | International actors
On 15 August, as the fighting intensified in Tripoli after the commander of the 444 Brigade, Mahmoud Hamza, was arrested by the Special Deterrence Force (Rada) at Mitiga Airport, condemnations and calls for peace began to roll in from key international and political...
by Client Client | Aug 14, 2023 | Libyan actors
On 14 August, Mahmoud Hamza, the commander of the 444 Brigade, was arrested by the Special Deterrence Force (Rada) at Mitiga Airport while he was on his way to Misrata for a Graduation Ceremony. He was reportedly travelling together with Prime Minister Abdul Hamid...
by Client Client | Aug 13, 2023 | Libyan actors
On 13 August, the General National Maritime Transport Company (GNMTC) issued a statement denouncing the kidnapping of its CEO Khaled al-Tawati by unidentified gunmen. It said they intercepted his car after he left the GNMTC headquarters in the Ghout al-Shaal area of...
by Client Client | Aug 9, 2023 | International actors
On 9 August, Presidential Council (PC) Deputy Mousa al-Koni received a Tebu delegation in Tripoli to discuss the situation of the Tebu and the general situation in the South, especially in light of the developments in Niger. Koni also spoke on the phone with Chadian...
by Client Client | Aug 9, 2023 | International actors
On 9 August, the interior ministers of Tunisia and Libya, Kamel Fekih and Emad Trabelsi, reached an agreement in Tunis to end the crisis at the common border and to care for migrants stranded in the border area. The two countries will each take half of the people...
by Client Client | Aug 3, 2023 | Libyan actors
On 3 August, seventeen people including several Misrata Sea Port employees, were arrested on drug trafficking charges on orders from the Attorney General Sadiq al-Sour, following a longstanding surveillance operation. Arrest warrants were also issued for a further...
by Client Client | Aug 3, 2023 | Libyan actors
The Libyan National Army (LNA) has reportedly deployed additional troops to reinforce the 634th Infantry Battalion, reinforced its presence at the al-Tumu border crossing. As of 3 August, the LNA announced that it had 4,200 troops deployed along the 342 km border with...
