by Jason | Aug 21, 2018 | International actors
On 19 August, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) issued a statement condemning the “violence, intimidation and obstruction to the work of Libya’s sovereign institutions by militiamen’’. UNSMIL indicated that militia groups acting under the Ministry...
by Jason | Aug 21, 2018 | Libyan actors
On 15 August, the Libyan National Army (LNA) mobilized its forces from Tobruk and Marj to the Oil Crescent and declared a state of emergency in the region following reports of Ibrahim Jadhran allied militias traversing to the Wadi Zamzam area. The LNA has allegedly...
by Jason | Aug 14, 2018 | ISIS
On 13 August, ISIS Wilayat Barqah released a eulogy in their “Caravans of Martyrs” of Kenyan fighter Abu Mousa al-Keni. On 9 August, ISIS claimed in its latest al-Naba newsletter (no 143) that they had raided a Libyan National Army checkpoint close to Fuqaha in Jufrah...
by Jason | Aug 14, 2018 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 11 August, the Libyan National Army conducted airstrikes from its al-Jufra airbase targeting Benghazi Defence Brigade (BDB) forces located near al-Saddadah. This follows reports of Ibrahim Jadhran linked militias, including BDB and Chadian elements, regrouping near...
by Jason | Aug 14, 2018 | International actors
On 9 August, the House of Representatives (HoR) Committee of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation declared Italian Ambassador Giuseppe Perrone as a ‘persona non-grata’. The decree is in response to his comments during a television interview last week which...
