22-28 Nov: LNA Hits Derna With More Airstrikes

Nov 28, 2017 | Other Jihadi Actors

On 27 November, the Libyan National Army (LNA) conducted an airstrike on Derna Mujahedeen Shura Council (DMSC) targets in al-Dahra al-Hamar area south of Derna.

On 23 November, a mutiny inside a Misratan prison among Islamist hardliners led to four prisoners fleeing, with two later killed in a faceoff with prison guards.

On 26 November, Wanis Bukhameda, the Commander of the Libyan National Army’s (LNA) new central operations room, ordered LNA forces in Benghazi to arrest anyone using firearms in the streets. This follows a television statement on 25 November in which Bukhameda ordered people who had taken over homes abandoned by ‘terrorists’ to leave immediately. He said criminals would be not be tolerated.