Marsad Libya Libyan Security Sector Observatory
The Libyan Coast Guard intercepted 493 migrants, including 28 women and five children, in six operations this week near the capital Tripoli.
Libya coastguard pick up hundreds of migrants near Tripoli
07/09/2019
Unspeakable Crime: Rape as a Weapon of War in Libya
Editor’s note: This film will be removed on October 6, 2019. Filmmaker: Cecile Allegra “…
03/08/2019
Haftar, Hemeti, and a Canadian lobbyist’s Libyan connection
Last week, around 1,000 members of Sudan’snotorious Rapid Support Forces (RSF) were reported t…
03/07/2019
Libya: Air raid kills dozens at Tripoli migrant detention centre
At least 40 people have been killed in an air raid at a detention centre for refugees and migrants i…
10/06/2019
UN Security Council extends arms embargo in Libya for one more year
The UN Security Council extended Monday arms embargo on Libya, allowing inspection of ships suspecte…
05/06/2019
The battle for Libya’s oil wealth is set to intensify
The current escalation in violence may lead to a wider conflict over control of the country’s oil re…
Recent News
Two Jordanians kidnapped in Libya released, one remains in custody
Jordan said on Wednesday that two of three Jordanians who were kidnapped in Libya last year had been released.
Libya’s Prime Minister appoints his political adviser as new ambassador to UN
The Head of the Libyan Presidential Council and Prime Minister of the Government of National Accord Fayez Al-Sirraj has issued an order appointing a number of new Libyan ambassadors to different countries around the world.
Libya’s Tabu tribe rejects settlement offer by UAE on Murzuq massacre
The Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar reported that the Tabu tribesmen in Libya have rejected a financial offer from the UAE in exchange for closing the file of the aerial bombing of Murzuq town, which resulted in the killing of scores of civilians last August.
One person killed, 12 injured in indiscriminate shelling on mourners in Benghazi
One person was killed and at least 12 others, including women and children, were injured when indiscriminate rocket shells fell on a condolences tent in Bouhdima district of Benghazi.
UAE drones backing up Haftar’s forces target airports in Tripoli, Misurata
Khalifa Haftar’s foriegn backup drones – mainly UAE’s – targeted on Tuesday the airports of Misurata and Miitiga in Tripoli causing material damage in the two civilian airports.