by Jason | Feb 27, 2018 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 25 February, Interpol issued a Red Notice (i.e. an international wanted persons alert) for Mahmoud al-Werfalli, the field commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA) Special Forces Saiqa division, for war crimes relating to seven counts of murder. An LNA...
by Jason | Feb 27, 2018 | International actors
On 26 February, the US imposed sanctions on several Libyan, Maltese and Egyptian firms, traders and ships reportedly participating in oil smuggling out of Libya. The US Treasury has alleged that a Malta-based network has gained more than US$36 million through illicit...
by Jason | Feb 27, 2018 | Libyan actors
On 26 February , Libya’s National Human Rights Commission confirmed that two civilians have been killed, while another was injured, in clashes between Awlad Suliman’s 6th Brigade and Tebu militias in Sabha. The groups are said to be clashing after the Italian peace...
by Jason | Feb 20, 2018 | ISIS
On 18 February, Tunisian Foreign Minister Khemaies Jhinaoui is reported to have stated in an address at the Munich Security Conference in Germany that ISIS will attempt to return to Libya following its defeat in Iraq and Syria. In his speech Jhniaoui called for the...
by Jason | Feb 20, 2018 | Other Jihadi Actors
An LNA offensive against the Derna Mujahedeen Shura Council (DMSC), which controls Derna, appears imminent. The Libyan National Army (LNA) continues to deploy large ground forces to Derna from Benghazi, Ajdabiya and other areas to prepare for the assault. Last week,...
