Marsad Libya Libyan Security Sector Observatory
A Libyan migrant detention centre which was hit by an airstrike two weeks ago, killing more than 50 people, is housing refugees again, according to reports.
Africa migrants return to bombed Libya detention centre
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
Supreme Judicial Council elects new administration
The Supreme Judicial Council announced on Tuesday its new administration for the next three-year term, after last week’s elections, at the level of the courts of appeal and departments.
Libya extradites Manchester bomber’s brother to UK
Libya on Wednesday extradited to Britain the brother of a suicide bomber who attacked an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester in May 2017 and killed 22 people, officials said.
Opposing Libyan sides vie for US support from a capricious White House
On 5 July, the UN Security Council issued a statement on Libya condemning the deadly airstrike two days earlier on a migrant detention centre in Tripoli, that killed over 50 people.
Mainly pro Hafter HoR members meet in Cairo and propose a five-point peace plan
Members of the Tobruk-based House of Representatives (HoR), seen as being politically aligned with Khalifa Hafter and his Libyan National Army (LNA), participated in a conference in Cairo on Sunday and came out with a five-point plan to end Libya’s crisis.
Libya’s Foreign Minister accuses US, France and Russia of hampering a Security Council resolution against Tripoli offensive
The Libyan Foreign Minister Mohammed Sayala said in a briefing on his ministry work at the Tripoli-based House of Representatives (HoR) on Tuesday that the UN Security Council had failed to issue a resolution for Tripoli offensive because of the US, Russia and France’s reservations and prolongation.