Marsad Libya Libyan Security Sector Observatory
The Libyan Army’s Volcano of Rage Operation under the command of the Presidential Council’s government has shut down a warplane for Khalifa Haftar’s forces in western Sabratha.
Libyan Army downs warplane for Haftar’s forces in southern 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…
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Libya: Now couples must show marriage certificates when going out in public in Tripoli
Amid the ongoing war, lack of security, bad financial and service status in the Libyan capital Tripoli, the Special Deterrence Force (SDF) based in Mitiga Airport has become a religious police arresting any male and female in public together if they are not married and have marriage certificates on them.
UN humanitarian coordinator in Libya condemns airstrikes on civilian facilities
The Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General, UN Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator for Libya, Yacoub El Hillo, strongly condemned all attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure in Libya.
1 doctor killed, 2 paramedics injured in Haftar’s forces strikes on Tripoli field hospital
An airstrike by Khalifa Haftar’s forces hit a field hospital in Gaser Benghashir municipality (near Tripoli airport) on 7 October, killing 1 doctor and injuring 2 paramedics.
Libya’s Dangerous Political Stalemate
Since mid-2014, when the ongoing low-level civil war erupted in Libya after the failure of the post-revolutionary political reconciliation process, the UN has vainly attempted to push competing Libyan factions toward a compromise. Different UN special envoys launched processes of reconciliation and accommodation that inevitably collided with a complex matrix …
Libyan oil firm unable to pay salaries at eastern unit with parallel board
Libyan state oil firm NOC said on Tuesday it had been unable to pay salaries in September at a fuel distribution unit in the east where authorities have set up a parallel board, reports Reuters.