by Jason | Sep 18, 2018 | Libyan actors
On 18 September, Government of National Accord Interior Minister, Abdussalam Ashour, confirmed that hostilities between militia groups had re-emerged south of Tripoli. Clashes were reported on Tripoli’s Airport Road (Tariq Al-Matar) between the Samoud Brigade led by...
by Jason | Sep 11, 2018 | ISIS
On 10 September, three ISIS fighters raided Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) offices in central Tripoli, leaving at least two staff members dead and another 10 injured. The Special Deterrence Force (Rada) were reportedly deployed to the area and engaged in a...
by Jason | Sep 11, 2018 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 7 September, Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Magreb (AQIM)-linked media accounts published a eulogy/biographical note for the Libyan AQIM commander Miloud Sadaga. Sadaga was originally from Derna and joined AQIM in 2008, going on to fight in Aurès and Kabylia, and then...
by Jason | Sep 11, 2018 | International actors
On 10 September, Italian Foreign Minister Enzo Moavero Milanesi held a meeting with Libyan National Army Commander Khalifa Haftar in al-Rajma, Benghazi. The two discussed recent domestic and international developments, the forth-coming elections in Libya, Italian and...
by Jason | Sep 11, 2018 | Libyan actors
On 9 September, UNSMIL initiated a meeting that gathered together the key rival factions involved in the militia clashes in Tripoli that began on 26 August. The groups signed an eight-point agreement that included a pledge to refrain from extorting sovereign...
