8 August – 14 August: HoR hold its fourth session to vote on constitutional referendum

by Jason | Aug 14, 2018 | Libyan actors

On 14 August, the House of Representatives (HoR) held its fourth session to date to discuss and vote on the legislation for a constitutional referendum. The session was disrupted when a police officer was reportedly shot by accident when local HoR member Saleh...

1 August – 7 August: Alleged ISIS supporters release list of Libyan targets

by Jason | Aug 7, 2018 | ISIS

ISIS affiliated social media accounts have released a list of over 200 hundred names of Misratan fighters from al-Bunyan al-Marsous (BAM) as targets for assassination. The week before the BAM spokesperson, Mohammed Al-Ghusri, stated in a TV interview that the recent...

1 August – 7 August: Libya mosques used for al-Qaeda and ISIS recruitment

by Jason | Aug 7, 2018 | Other Jihadi Actors

Ahmed Abdul Karim Hamza, an official with Libya’s National Human Rights Committee, has stated that several mosques through Libya have being used by ISIS and al-Qaeda to radicalize and recruit youths. The official identified some of the locations as Tripoli, Bani...

1 August – 7 August: South Korea launches naval ship to Libya in “show of force”

by Jason | Aug 7, 2018 | International actors

On 2 August, South Korean redirected the naval ship “Munmu the Great” from anti-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden to Libya in order to protect South Korean commercial vessels. This action is thought to be a “show of force” in response to a video released on 31...

1 August – 7 August: Clashes between militia groups throughout Tripoli

by Jason | Aug 7, 2018 | Libyan actors

On 1 August, the Special Deterrence Force (Rada) killed a man thought to be from the al-Burga militia near the Ispan roundabout in the Tajoura area of Tripoli. On 31 July, the al-Bugra militia set up checkpoints between the al-Andalusi and Ispan roundabouts on the...