by Client Client | Aug 27, 2025 | International actors
Spanish media has reported that on 27 August, the Liberian-flagged cargo ship Lila Mumbai, number 9253143, had been detained on suspicion of transporting military equipment to Benghazi. It was held in the waters off the Spanish port of Ceuta for four days as...
by Client Client | Aug 27, 2025 | Libyan actors
Various social and political groups, as well as key security figures, have condemned or protested against the mobilisations and war-footing of the pro-Dabaiba armed groups in and around Tripoli, while UNSMIL has called for de-escalation. On 27 August, Misrata hosted a...
by Client Client | Aug 27, 2025 | Libyan actors
The Government of National Unity (GNU) and pro-Dabaiba forces have ramped up their pressure against Rada, demanding they hand over Mitiga Airport. The same day (27 August), the Joint Operations Room of the Ministry of Defense issued a ‘final warning’ to the Special...
by Client Client | Aug 26, 2025 | International actors
On 26 August, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi received Libyan National Army (LNA) commander Khalifa Haftar and House of Representatives (HoR) Speaker Aqeela Saleh in El Alamein, Egypt. According to official information, the talks centred on the latest...
by Client Client | Aug 26, 2025 | Libyan actors
Since SRSG Hanna Tetteh presented UNSMIL’s new Libya roadmap to the UN Security Council on 21 August (which notably includes provision for a new, unified government), mobilisations by pro-Dabaiba groups and shows of force around Tripoli have been intensifying. On 26...
by Client Client | Aug 25, 2025 | International actors
On 25 August, SOS Mediterranee announced that one of its rescue ships, the Ocean Viking — with its European crew members aboard — was shot at with small arms by a Libyan Coast Guard vessel in international waters off the coast of Khoms, after it rescued 87...
by Client Client | Aug 21, 2025 | Libyan actors
On 21 August, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported that from 1 January 2025 until 16 August 2025, 14,554 migrants were intercepted by the Libyan Coast Guard and returned to Libya. This figure includes 12,617 men, 1,324 women, 468 children, and...
by Client Client | Aug 21, 2025 | International actors
On the evening of 21 August, the HQ of UNSMIL in Janzour was reportedly attacked with an SPG rocket while UN SRSG Hannah Tetteh was in the middle of her briefing to the UN Security Council in New York. Despite supposedly aiming for the entrance gate and the compound...
by Client Client | Aug 21, 2025 | International actors
On 21 August, SRSG Hanna Tetteh gave her much-anticipated briefing to the UN Security Council (UNSC) in which she laid out a new political roadmap, with the aim of holding elections within 18 months. In her briefing, she said: “The security situation in the country...
by Client Client | Aug 21, 2025 | International actors
On 21 August, the Hellenic Navy completed the first round of a training for (eastern) Libyan coast guard officers, which was held at the NATO Maritime Interdiction Operational Training Centre (NMIOTC), a Greek training facility at Souda Bay, Crete. The Commander of...
