Minutes of the Disengagement Agreement and Truce between the areas of Warshafānah and al-Zāwiyyah

  • Country/entity
    Libya
  • Region
    Middle East and North Africa
  • Agreement name
    Minutes of the Disengagement Agreement and Truce between the areas of Warshafānah and al-Zāwiyyah
  • Date
    12 Nov 2015
  • Agreement status
    Multiparty signed/agreed
  • Interim arrangement
    Yes
  • Agreement/conflict level
    Intrastate/local conflict ( Libyan Conflicts (1969 - 1994) (2011 - ) )
  • Stage
    Ceasefire/related
  • Conflict nature
    Government
  • Peace process
    Libyan local processes
  • Parties
    Committee of the Warshafānah Area:
    1. Chancellor Nājī ‘Asha
    2. Salīm al-Dawārī
    3. Al-Sādiq ‘Āshūr Hamām
    4. Īsmā’īl Jam’ah Ābū Halalah
    5. ‘Abd al-Salām Ramadān Ābū ‘Amīd
    6. Muhammad Shatyawi Ghawar
    7. Al-Mansūrī Muhammad ‘Awīdāt
    Committee of the al-Zāwiyyah Area
    1. Al-Mahdī ‘Alī al-Shāwish
    2. Muhammad al-Bahlūl Ābū Khadīr
    3. ‘Amād Mīlūd Sultān
    4. Zahīr Muhammad al-Dūbalī
    5. Muhammad Hussayn al-Khudrāwī
    6. Muhid Ābū ‘Ajīlah Suwīsī
    7. Khayr Mustafah Ajīnah
    Quartet Commission for Dialogue and Agreement
    First – The Commission for Dialogue and Communication in al-Zintān
    1. ‘Alī Ābū al-‘Īd Ramadān
    2. ‘Abd Āllah ‘Āhmad ‘Abd Āllah
    3. Muhammad ‘Āhmad Daqālī
    4. Al-Sādiq Rahmūdah Shamiyyah
    5. Al-Hādī Āmuhammad al-‘Amiyānī
    6. Sālih Sa’ad al-Dhīb
    7. Al-Ramāh Muhammad al-Duhanūs
    8. Sh’abān al-‘Amiyānī ‘Āhmad
    9. ‘Abd al-Qādr ‘Alī al-Numur

    Second – The Committee of al-Rajabān and al-‘Āsab’ah
    1. Mus’ūd Hussayn al-Madhūnī
    2. Āmuhammad ‘Abd Āllah al-Ābyad
    3. Muhammad al-Marzūqnī al-Malālī
    4. Salīm ‘Abd al-Qādr
    5. Mus’ūd ‘Abd Āllah al-Turkī
    6. Āmuhammad ‘Abd Āllah Ābū al-Sh’ālah
    7. ‘Alī Khalīfah Zahmūl
    8. Āmuhammad Mu’ammar al-Tarjamān
    9. ‘Āhmad Muhammad ‘Āhmad al-Hamarūnī
    10. Sulaymān ‘Abd al- Salām
  • Third parties
    -
  • Description
    Short truce agreement between warring parties near the Libyan capital, Tripoli, that provides for a ceasefire, exchange of prisoners, the establishment of a joint commission to solve the dispute over the Coastal Road and other common issues including the relocation of dissapeared/missing persons, a cessation of use of the media for hostile propaganda and a cessation of arresting individuals based on their identity.

Local agreement properties

  • Process type
    Formal structured process
  • Rationale
    -> Link to national level; external support mechanism; culture of signing The agreement was supported by two locally-establish mechanisms, including the Quartet Commission for Dialogue and Agreement composed of the Committee of Dialogue and Communication in al-Zintān.
  • Is there a documented link to a national peace process?
    Yes
  • Link to national process: articulated rationale
    Although the agreement was triggered by a specific and localised event (helicopter crash), it involves representatives of two cities that support opposing sides in the conflict. Moreover, the victims of the crash included a military commander involved in the Libyan civil war and the General National Congress of Libya declared three days of national mourning for the victims of the incident. The agreement thus seems linked to the national process.
  • Name of Locale
    NA
  • Nature Of Locale
    Region
  • GPS Lat/Long (DD)
    32.800358, 12.900343
  • Participant type
    Local state actor
    Local community/civilian group(s)/civil society organisations
  • Mediator, facilitator or similar
    No mention of mediator or similar

Local issues

  • Ritual/prayer and process (including use of scripture)
    Page 1, With Allah’s blessings

    Page 1, After discussions and a presentation of [different] views, a convergence of opinion has been reached, with the help of Allah.
  • Grievance List
    Although the agreement does not refer to specific causes of the conflict, it seems that the confrontation between armed factions in the outskirt of Tripoli following the crash of a helicopter lies at the centre of the dispute.
  • Cattle rustling/banditry

    No specific mention.

  • Social cover

    No specific mention.

Minutes of the Disengagement Agreement and Truce between

the areas of Warshafānah and al-Zāwiyyah

12 November 2015

With Allah’s blessings, on Thursday 29 Muharram 1437 (12 November 2015) in the area of Bi’r al-Ghamin under the auspices of the Committee of Dialogue and Communication in al-Zintān and the Committee of al-Rajabān and al-‘Āsab’ah, the two disputing parties met in order to disengage and reconcile between two authorized parties from the two districts.

After discussions and a presentation of [different] views, a convergence of opinion has been reached, with the help of Allah.

First – Terminate [the exchange of] fire between the two disputing parties;

withdraw armed forces from the barricades by a distance of 4 kilometres from both sides;

accelerate talks between the two parties and quickly form a committee to observe the ceasefire, provided that the burdened sponsoring committee and the two committees belonging to the two parties implement and follow-up on the items of the agreement.

Second – An exchange of all detainees between the two sides.

Third – Stop arrests based on identity, regardless of location.

Fourth – Set up international and local investigation committees to investigate the circumstance of the helicopter crash.

The responsible party shall bear all consequences for the outcome of the investigations.

Fifth – Form a joint committee to solve the problem of the coastal road and pursue the other outstanding issues under the supervision of the Quartet Commission for Dialogue and follow up on those missing.

Sixth – Any party shall assume responsibility for using their territory for warring or striking the other party.

Seventh – Stop the use of the media to call for sedition or to differentiate between Libyans.

The record of the agreement ends with the signatures of the authorised committees of Warshafānah and al- Zāwiyyah, and the Quartet Committee for Dialogue.

Committee of the Warshafānah Area:

1. Chancellor Nājī ‘Asha

2. Salīm al-Dawārī

3. Al-Sādiq ‘Āshūr Hamām

4. Īsmā’īl Jam’ah Ābū Halalah

5. ‘ Abd al-Salām Ramadān Ābū ‘Amīd

6. Muhammad Shatyawi Ghawar

7. Al-Mansūrī Muhammad ‘Awīdāt

Committee of the al-Zāwiyyah Area

1. Al-Mahdī ‘Alī al-Shāwish

2. Muhammad al-Bahlūl Ābū Khadīr

3. ‘ Amād Mīlūd Sultān

4. Zahīr Muhammad al-Dūbalī

5. Muhammad Hussayn al-Khudrāwī

6. Muhid Ābū ‘Ajīlah Suwīsī

7. Khayr Mustafah Ajīnah

Quartet Commission for Dialogue and Agreement

First – The Commission for Dialogue and Communication in al-Zintān

1. ‘ Alī Ābū al-‘Īd Ramadān

2. ‘ Abd Āllah ‘Āhmad ‘Abd Āllah

3. Muhammad ‘Āhmad Daqālī

4. Al-Sādiq Rahmūdah Shamiyyah

5. Al-Hādī Āmuhammad al-‘Amiyānī

6. Sālih Sa’ad al-Dhīb

7. Al-Ramāh Muhammad al-Duhanūs

8. Sh’abān al-‘Amiyānī ‘Āhmad

9. ‘ Abd al-Qādr ‘Alī al-Numur

Second – The Committee of al-Rajabān and al-‘Āsab’ah

1. Mus’ūd Hussayn al-Madhūnī

2. Āmuhammad ‘Abd Āllah al-Ābyad

3. Muhammad al-Marzūqnī al-Malālī

4. Salīm ‘Abd al-Qādr

5. Mus’ūd ‘Abd Āllah al-Turkī

6. Āmuhammad ‘Abd Āllah Ābū al-Sh’ālah

7. ‘ Alī Khalīfah Zahmūl

8. Āmuhammad Mu’ammar al-Tarjamān

9. ‘ Āhmad Muhammad ‘Āhmad al-Hamarūnī

10. Sulaymān ‘Abd al- Salām