by Jason | Jul 24, 2018 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 21 July, reports began emerging of confessions from Derna Protection Force (DPF) prisoners interrogated by the Libyan National Army (LNA) suggesting that Mahfouz Ould al-Walid (Abu Hafs al-Mauritani) and Hisham Ashmawi (Abu Omar al-Muhajir al-Masri) are amongst one...
by Jason | Jul 24, 2018 | International actors
On 18 July, Italian embassy and security officials accompanied the head of the maritime sector branch within the Government of National Accord’s Ministry of Interior (MOI) for an official visit to Tripoli port to review vessel maintenance needs for coastguard boats....
by Jason | Jul 24, 2018 | Libyan actors
On 18 July, Fathi al-Majbary announced from Benghazi that he would no longer be a member of the Government of National Accord’s (GNA) Presidential Council (PC), calling the GNA a ‘farce’ and arguing that no central government could be run from Tripoli due to the...
by Jason | Jul 17, 2018 | ISIS
On 10 July, the Libyan National Army’s (LNA) Criminal Investigations Department in Brega arrested an individual suspected of being an ISIS fighter. During the arrest, the suspect was discovered to possess a suicide belt. On 10 July, in the earlier hours of the...
by Jason | Jul 17, 2018 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 12 July, Libyan National Army (LNA) al-Saiqa Commander Mahmoud al-Werfalli, a notable figure among ‘Madkhali’ Salafists in the LNA, reportedly threatened al-Madani al-Fakhiri – who currently heads the Military Investment Agency (MIA) and is a former Ministry...
