# Foreign fighters and private military personnel remained in Libya years after the ceasefire

Date: 2023

Human Rights Watch reported that thousands of foreign fighters and personnel from private security companies, including the Wagner Group, remained in Libya three years after the ceasefire. Their continued presence reflected the persistence of rival armed infrastructures despite formal peace arrangements.

## Drivers

- Haftar LNA parallel power, Tripoli offensive and oil coercion: https://factrail.ai/drivers/haftar-lna-parallel-power

## Sources

- https://unsmil.unmissions.org/en/news/security-council-renews-mandate-united-nations-support-mission-libya
- https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2024/country-chapters/libya

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/foreign-fighters-private-security-remain-libya-2023