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Stability Support Apparatus (Libya)
The Stability Support Apparatus (SSA) was a Libyan security body formally established in 2021 by the Ministry of Interior of the National Unity Government. It evolved from the Abu Salim Brigade, a powerful militia active in Tripoli since 2012. It was dissolved in May of 2025, after the assassination of Abdel Ghani Al Kikli History and disposition The Abu Salim Brigade, later known as SSA, was founded in 2012 by Abdel-Ghani Al-Kakli, a civilian participant in the February 2011 revolution. The group initially operated from Abu Salim, the largest district of Tripoli, and expanded its control to nearby areas. The Abu Salim Brigade was involved in several armed operations throughout Tripoli, including Bab Ben Ghashir, Sharqiya, Al-Hadba, and the area of the former Ministry of Interior. The brigade worked closely with local authorities and received ongoing financial support, weapons, and payment. In mid-2021, the Ministry of Interior rebranded the Abu Salim Brigade as the Stabil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Interior (Libya)
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Libya (وزارة الداخلية الليبية) is the interior ministry of Libya. The Ministry is headquartered in Tripoli. Structure Supreme Security Committee The Supreme Security Committee (SSC) was created by Order No. 20 of the National Transitional Council in October 2011 to provide a new ''revolutionary'' security apparatus to fill the security vacuum in the capital of Tripoli after the fall of Gaddafi. The order gave the SSC the task of providing security in the capital and charged it with the protection of state property, embassies and private property, as well as the creation of the appropriate security conditions that would contribute to the return to normal life. The Committee hired revolutionary fighters as the initial personnel. After the formation of the transitional government the National Transitional Council transferred dependency of the Supreme Security Committee administratively and financially to the Interior Mini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Militia
A militia ( ) is a military or paramilitary force that comprises civilian members, as opposed to a professional standing army of regular, full-time military personnel. Militias may be raised in times of need to support regular troops or serve as a pool of available manpower for regular forces to draw from. When acting independently, militias are generally unable to hold ground against regular forces. Militias commonly support regular troops by skirmishing, holding fortifications, or conducting irregular warfare, instead of undertaking offensive campaigns by themselves. However, militias may also engage in defense activities to protect a community, its territory, property, and laws. For example, naval militias may comprise fishermen and other civilians which are organized and sanctioned by a state to enforce its maritime boundaries. Beginning in the late 20th century, some militias (in particular officially recognized and sanctioned militias of a government) act as profe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Defence (Libya)
The Ministry of Defense is the ministry of the Government of National Unity of Libya responsible for the Libyan Armed Forces and manages the country's internal security and defense affairs. History Gaddafi era On 14 October 1990, the General People's Committee for Defence was created by order Resolution No. 22 of the Supreme Commander of the Libyan military, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. In 1991, the Defence Ministry ceased to exist, with Abu-Bakr Yunis Jabr continuing as Secretary of the Libyan General Committee for Defence and Commander-in-Chief of the Libyan Army. Modern ministry Agencies and entities * Military Judicial Authority * Military Industry Authority * Military Medical Authority * Applied Studies and Development Authority * Military Inspection Authority * Services and Maintenance Center * LMAC Think Tanks * "Al-Salam" Center for Strategic Studies * “Libya” Center for Strategic Studies * Libyan Center for Advanced Industries Administrations And Off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
444th Infantry Brigade (Libya)
The 444th Combat Brigade is a military unit operating under the Libyan Government of National Unity (GNU). It is based in Tripoli and is known for its structured command and operations against smuggling, organized crime, and human trafficking. The brigade operates mainly in urban areas and southern desert regions of Libya. Clashes and conflicts The 444th Combat Brigade has been involved in major clashes reflecting Libya’s fragile security situation. In August 2023, fighting erupted with the Special Deterrence Force (RADA) after the detention of brigade commander Mahmoud Hamza, resulting in over 50 fatalities in Tripoli. In May 2025, the brigade led operations against the Stability Support Apparatus (SSA) following the assassination of SSA leader Abdel Ghani al-Kikli. These operations were supported by the Ministry of Defence A ministry of defence or defense (see American and British English spelling differences#-ce.2C -se, spelling differences), also known as a d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zawiya, Libya
Zawiya , officially Zawia (, transliteration: ''Az Zāwiyaẗ'', or ''Zavia'', variants: ''Az Zawiyah Al Gharbiyah'', ''Ḩārat az Zāwiyah'', ''Al Ḩārah'', ''El-Hára'' and ''Haraf Az Zāwīyah''), is a List of cities in Libya, city in northwestern Libya, situated on the Libyan coastline of the Mediterranean Sea about west of Tripoli, Libya, Tripoli, in the historic region of Tripolitania. Zawiya is the capital of the Zawiya District. Overview In the Libyan censuses of 1973 and 1984, the city counted about 91,603 inhabitants; it was then – and possibly continues to be today – the List of cities in Libya, fourth largest city in Libya by population (after Tripoli, Benghazi and Misrata). In 2011, Zawiya was estimated to have a population of about 200,000 people, most of whom were concentrated in the city. Zawiya has a university named Al Zawiya University, founded in 1988. There is also an oil field near the city and Zawiya has one of the two most important Oil refinery, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabratha
Sabratha (; also ''Sabratah'', ''Siburata''), in the Zawiya District''شعبيات الجماهيرية العظمى''Sha'biyat of Great Jamahiriya accessed 20 July 2009, in Arabic of Libya, was the westernmost of the ancient "three cities" of Roman Tripolis (region of Africa), Tripolis, alongside Oea and Leptis Magna. From 2001 to 2007 it was the capital of the former Sabratha wa Sorman District. It lies on the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast about west of modern Tripoli, Libya, Tripoli. The extant archaeological site was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1982. Ancient Sabratha Sabratha's port was established, perhaps about 500BCE, as the Phoenician trading-post of Tsabratan (, , or , ). This seems to have been a Berber language, ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abu Salim (Tripoli District)
Abu Salim or Abou Salim may refer to: People *Abu Salim (actor) (born 1956), Indian actor in Malayalam movies *Abu Salim (comedian) (born 1927), Lebanese actor and comedian *Abu Salim al-Ayyashi (1628–1679), travel writer, poet and scholar from Morocco *Ibrahim ibn Ali of Morocco, Abu Salim, Marinid Sultan of Morocco 1359–1361 *Irfan Bakti Abu Salim (born 1951), Malaysian football (soccer) coach Places * Abu Salim (Tripoli district), district of Tripoli, Libya ** Abu Salim prison *** Abu Salim Prison massacre Other uses * Abu Salim Martyrs Brigade, an Islamist militia in Derna, Libya See also * *Salim (other) Salim, Saleem or Selim may refer to: People *Salim (name), or Saleem or Salem or Selim, a name of Arabic origin ** Salim (poet) (1800–1866), Kurdish poet ** Saleem (playwright), Palestinian-American gay Muslim playwright, actor, DJ, and dancer ... * Abu Salem (born 1968), Indian gangster {{Disambiguation, geo, given name, hndis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Libyan Civil War (2011)
The Libyan civil war, also known as the First Libyan Civil War and Libyan Revolution, was an armed conflict in 2011 in the North African country of Libya that was fought between forces loyal to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi and rebel groups that were seeking to oust his government. The war was preceded by protests in Zawiya on 8 August 2009 and finally ignited by protests in Benghazi beginning on Tuesday 15 February 2011, which led to clashes with security forces who fired on the crowd. The protests escalated into a rebellion that spread across the country, with the forces opposing Gaddafi establishing an interim governing body, the National Transitional Council. The United Nations Security Council passed an initial resolution on 26 February, freezing the assets of Gaddafi and his inner circle and restricting their travel, and referred the matter to the International Criminal Court for investigation. In early March, Gaddafi's forces rallied, pushed eastwards and re-took several coa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Libya
Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt–Libya border, the east, Sudan to Libya–Sudan border, the southeast, Chad to Chad–Libya border, the south, Niger to Libya–Niger border, the southwest, Algeria to Algeria–Libya border, the west, and Tunisia to Libya–Tunisia border, the northwest. With an area of almost , it is the 4th-largest country in Africa and the Arab world, and the List of countries and outlying territories by total area, 16th-largest in the world. Libya claims 32,000 square kilometres of southeastern Algeria, south of the Libyan town of Ghat, Libya, Ghat. The largest city and capital is Tripoli, Libya, Tripoli, which is located in northwestern Libya and contains over a million of Libya's seven million people. Libya has been inhabited by Berber people, Berbers since the late Bronze Age as descendants from Iberomaurusian and Capsian cultures. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Of National Unity (Libya)
The Government of National Unity (, ''Hukūmat al-Wahda al-Watanīya'') is the internationally recognised government of Libya formed on 10 March 2021 to unify the rival Government of National Accord based in Tripoli and the Second Al-Thani Cabinet, based in Tobruk. Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh is the Prime Minister of the unity government and was selected in the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum on 5 February 2021. Overview Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh was selected as prime minister by the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF), together with Mohamed al-Menfi as Chairman of the Presidential Council, and with Musa al-Koni and Abdullah al-Lafi as Presidential Council members. Dbeibeh was required under the agreements made by the LPDF to nominate a cabinet of ministers to the House of Representatives (HoR) by 26 February 2021. On 15 February, Dbeibeh stated his intention to contact people in all 13 electoral areas of Libya for discussing proposed nominations as ministers, and for the cabinet t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdel Ghani Al-Kikli
Abdul Ghani Belkacem Khalifa Al-Kikli () known as Ghnewa Al-Kikli (; died 12 May 2025) was a Libyan commander and head of the Stability Support Apparatus affiliated with the Libyan Presidential Council. After the fall of the previous regime, he formed an armed militia known as the Central Security and became one of the influential figures in the capital, Tripoli. Early life Al-Kikli was born in the east, in Benghazi, and moved with his family to Tripoli Tripoli or Tripolis (from , meaning "three cities") may refer to: Places Greece *Tripolis (region of Arcadia), a district in ancient Arcadia, Greece * Tripolis (Larisaia), an ancient Greek city in the Pelasgiotis district, Thessaly, near Larissa ... as a child, where he worked in a bakery. He was imprisoned for his involvement in criminal activities and sentenced to 14 years in Al-Jadida Prison where he remained until February 2011 when the civil war broke out. Death Al-Kikli was killed in an incident in Tripoli inside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025 Tripoli Clashes
On 12 May 2025, clashes broke out in Tripoli, Libya, between the 444th Infantry Brigade (Libya), 444th Infantry Brigade and the Stability Support Apparatus (Libya), Stability Support Apparatus (SSA). The fighting began after SSA commander Abdel Ghani al-Kikli was Assassination, assassinated. This is the first major armed clash in Tripoli since the 2023 Tripoli clashes. On 14 May 2025, a ceasefire was announced with the fighting easing but still occurring. Libya's defense ministry said the ceasefire began in all areas of tension in Tripoli as part of efforts "to protect civilians, preserve state institutions, and avoid further escalation." Clashes The clashes broke out at about 9:00p.m. after the assassination of Stability Support Apparatus (SSA) commander Abdul Ghani al-Kikli, referred to as "Ghaniwa" and several of his escorts during a meeting reportedly convened to de-escalate mounting tensions among armed factions at the Tekbali military camp, but guards from rival group 444 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
