by Client Client | May 11, 2023 | Libyan actors
On 11 May, in the evening fierce fighting broke out again in Zawiyya in the Dhay al-Hilal area (southeast of the refinery) between the local branch of the Counterterrorism Force and local militias from Zawiya Al- Shurafa after a member of the Counterterrorism Force...
by Client Client | May 10, 2023 | International actors
On 10 May, a member of Sudan’s Sovereignty Council, Yasser al-Atta, stated that they have received conflicting information that Libyan National Army (LNA) Commander Khalifa Haftar was ‘pressured’ to provide support to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), led by...
by Client Client | May 6, 2023 | Libyan actors
On 6 May, the Chief of Staff of the Libyan National Army’s (LNA) Navy hosted the Chief of Staff of the Tripoli-based Navy at a meeting in Benghazi which discussed the administrative and procedural plans to unify the military institutions.
by Client Client | May 5, 2023 | ISIS
On 5 May, the Libyan authorities handed four wives and five children of ISIS fighters to Tunisia through the Ras Ajdair border crossing, according to the head of the Tunisian Observatory for Human Rights, Mustafa al-Kabir, who added that the women had been acquitted...
by Client Client | May 5, 2023 | International actors
In an interview with Deutsche Welle published on 5 May, the UN Envoy to Sudan Volker Perthes stated that he could say ‘very little about the role of General Haftar’ in Sudan. Perthes stated ‘he is the supporter of one of the two parties, but he has no decisive role in...
by Client Client | May 5, 2023 | International actors
On 5 May, the Deputy Head of the United States Mission to Libya, Leslie Ordeman, said the embassy recognised Libyan participants in a US government-sponsored counterterrorism training that aims to ‘strengthen capacity for deterring, detecting, and disrupting terrorist...
by Client Client | May 5, 2023 | Libyan actors
On 5 May, the Municipal Council and Emergency Room of Kufra condemned national and international media allegations that Kufra authorities and the Libyan National Army’s (LNA) Suboul al-Salam Brigade are involved in providing support to Sudanese forces. The statement...
by Client Client | May 3, 2023 | International actors
On 3 May, the Libyan National Army’s (LNA) Chief of Staff General Abdurrazaq al-Nadhouri held a meeting with the French Military Attaché and his accompanying delegation in Rajma (Benghazi). It was attended by several high-ranking officials, including Chief of...
by Client Client | May 3, 2023 | International actors
On 3 May, the US Defence Attaché Mark Imblum led a US delegation to meet with a delegation of Libyan military leaders in Tripoli led by the Chief of Staff of the GNU’s Land Forces, al-Fitouri Grebeel. The US said the meeting underscored a ‘shared commitment to promote...
by Client Client | May 3, 2023 | Libyan actors
On 3 May, The Guardian newspaper reported that six Libyans were facing the death penalty for converting to Christianity and proselytising under laws that activists said were increasingly being used to silence civil society and human rights organisations. They are...
