2025 in Libya

12 January – A bus crashes along a highway in Al-Loud, killing 23 people and injuring five others.^[1]
19 January – Ossama Anjiem aka Ossama al-Masri, a warlord wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes during the Libyan Civil War, is arrested in Turin, Italy, under the ICC warrant but is released and deported to Libya after a court declines to approve his arrest.^[2]

7 February – The bodies of at least 49 migrants are found in two mass graves in Kufra.^[3]
8–9 February – A boat carrying migrants sinks off the coast of Marsa Dela Port, killing at least 16 people and leaving 10 others missing.^[4]

20 March – Samir Shegwara, the mayor of Hay al Andalous and author of a book accusing the Mukhabarat el-Jamahiriya of involvement in the Lockerbie bombing in 1988, is arrested on charges of unauthorized possession of classified security documents.^[5]

4 April – The government orders the suspension of operations of 10 international aid organizations, including Doctors Without Borders, the Norwegian Refugee Council, the Danish Refugee Council, Terre des hommes, CARE International, Acted, Intersos and Cesvi on charges of threatening the country's demographics by assisting the settlement of migrants from other African countries.^[6]

1 May – The bodies of six bodies of migrants are recovered near Misrata.^[7]
10 May – At least three migrants, including two children, die during a sea crossing from Zawiya to Italy.^[8]
12 May – 2025 Tripoli clashes: Abdel Ghani al-Kikli, commander of the Stability Support Apparatus (SSA) militia, is assassinated, leading to armed clashes between the SSA and the Government of National Unity (GNU) that leave at least six people dead in Tripoli.^[9]
14 May – At least one person is killed during clashes between rival militias in Tripoli.^[10]
15 May – Libya formally grants the International Criminal Court jurisdiction over crimes committed on its soil from 2011 through 2027.^[11]
16 May – A police officer is killed during protests against Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh in Tripoli.^[12]
17 May – Nine unidentified corpses are discovered in a morgue refrigerator at Al-Khadra Hospital, previously controlled by the SSA.^[13]
19 May – At least 58 unidentified corpses, showing signs of burning, are found in the morgue refrigerator of Abu Salim Accidents Hospital in Tripoli previously under SSA control.^[13]
23 May – Seven Sudanese refugees are found dead inside a broken-down vehicle in the deserts of Kufra.^[14]
30 May – A vehicle carrying Sudanese migrants collides with a truck in the deserts of Kufra, killing 11 passengers and the Libyan driver.^[15]

4 June – US President Donald Trump issues a proclamation barring Libyan nationals from entering the United States.^[16]
17 June – At least 60 people are feared missing after two ships wreck off of the coast of Libya.^[17]
18 June – A Portuguese referee is injured along with several fans amid clashes and a pitch invasion during a football match between Al Ahli SC and Al Ittihad SCSC in Tripoli.^[18]

9 July – The Government of National Stability declares European Union migration commissioner Magnus Brunner, Greek Migration and Asylum Minister Thanos Plevris, Italian Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi and Maltese Home Affairs Minister Byron Camilleri "persona non grata" in areas of eastern Libya under its control in response to their earlier meeting with officials of the rival Government of National Unity in Tripoli.^[19]
18 July – Khaled Mohamed Ali El Hishri aka Al-Buti, a former official of Mitiga Prison in Tripoli wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed on prison inmates in 2015, is arrested in Germany.^[20]

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