by Client Client | Feb 23, 2023 | Libyan actors
Over the last couple of weeks, the Libyan National Army (LNA) has conducted widespread security operations in Ben-ghazi and eastern Libya against criminal networks. Notably, on 23 February a weapons cache was discovered in Benghazi and on 26 February the Benghazi...
by Client Client | Feb 20, 2023 | International actors
On 20 February, the Libyan National Army (LNA) commander Khalifa Haftar visited Abu Dhabi, meeting with UAE Deputy Prime Minister Mansour bin Zayed at the International Defence Exhibition and Conference.
by Client Client | Feb 19, 2023 | Libyan actors
On 19 February, the National Reconciliation Coalition was formed in Zawiyya in the presence of Shaaban Hadiya (more commonly known as Abu Obeida al-Zawy) and current Commander of the Libya Revolutionary Operations Room. The National Reconciliation Coalition organised...
by Client Client | Feb 18, 2023 | Libyan actors
On 18 February, General Abdullah Mansour al-Suleimani, the former Director of Internal Security under Muammar Qadhafi, was released from prison. Following his release, Suleimani travelled to Niamey, Niger, where he was reportedly received by Muhammad Mansour, the...
by Client Client | Feb 12, 2023 | International actors
Over the course of the last few weeks, the EU’s Border Assistance Mission in Libya (EUBAM) has launched a number of initiatives. On 12 February, EUBAM announced that in cooperation with the Netherlands, it organised a basic level training on document security for...
by Client Client | Feb 9, 2023 | Libyan actors
On 9 February, clashes broke out in Tajoura, east of Tripoli, between the al-Duraa militia (aka the Baqara Brigade named after its commander Bashir Khalaf Allah or ‘the cow’) and the Sabriyya militia. The clashes were reportedly prompted when a member of the Sabriyya...
by Client Client | Feb 7, 2023 | Libyan actors
On 7 and 8 February, the 5+5 Joint Military Commission (JMC) and liaison committees from Libya, Sudan and Niger held a two-day meeting in Cairo chaired by UN Special Envoy to Libya Abdoulaye Bathily. On 8 February, the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) issued a...
by Client Client | Feb 5, 2023 | International actors
On 6 February, EU Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi attended the handover ceremony of the first of five EU-financed search and rescue vessels to the Libyan coastguard. The handover ceremony took place in Adria, Italy, in the presence of Antonio Tajani, Deputy Prime...
by Client Client | Feb 5, 2023 | Libyan actors
On the evening of 5 February to the morning of 6 February, clashes broke out in Zawiyya between unidentified groups. At least two people were killed and four were injured. The clashes ceased following the intervention of the 103 Brigade.
by Client Client | Feb 3, 2023 | International actors
On 3 February, The Associated Press and the Wall Street Journal claimed that regional officials from Libya, Egypt, and Sudan have stated that the US is looking to increase its efforts to remove the Russian private military company, the Wagner Group, from Libya and...
