by Jason | Apr 10, 2018 | ISIS
On 7 April, local Libyan National Army (LNA) affiliated security forces apprehended a suspected ISIS member who was allegedly preparing to conduct an attack against LNA forces in the coastal town of Zueitina. This follows an increase in security patrol by the LNA and...
by Jason | Apr 10, 2018 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 3 April, following a written question by British MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle the UK government responded that it was “likely” that it had been in communication with the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG) and the 17 February Martys Brigade during the war in Libya in...
by Jason | Apr 10, 2018 | International actors
On 10 April, the UN human rights office and UN Support Mission in Libya released a report exploring armed groups control of prisons in Libya, the subsequent torturing of detainees and how successive government in Tripoli have been inability to curtail these...
by Jason | Apr 10, 2018 | Libyan actors
On 9 April, the spokesperson for Presidential Council (PC) head Fayez al-Serraj, Mohamed al-Sallak, reported that the PC’s new anti-terrorist operation Asifat al-Wattan (The Nation’s Storm) had completely removed all elements of terrorist organizations in its...
by Jason | Apr 3, 2018 | ISIS
On 29 March, ISIS undertook a suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (SVBIED) attack on the southern entrance to Ajdabiya killing 5 people, wounding 6 and damaging at least 6 vehicles. A fuel tanker passing by at the same time allegedly compounded the...
