According to the vessel events of the Tareq Bin Zeyad, it entered Maltese waters at 5:47am but immediately left the area. Apart from two AIS signals at 2:03am and 3:47am, the Tareq Bin Zeyad was not signalling any positions. Between 2017 and 2022, the Tareq Bin Zeyad brigade arbitrarily detained 25 people because of their political views or affiliations. However, photos captured by the NGO from its aircraft show the 250 people being boarded onto the Tareq Bin Zeyad. Recently a joint journalistic investigation from Lighthouse Re-ports, Der Spiegel, and El Pais confirmed that it is the Tariq Bin Zeyad brigade carrying out the pullbacks to Benghazi.

Source: Libya Today July 24, 2023 05:32 UTC