8 – 14 Nov: ISIS Establishes Checkpoints South of Sirte and Claims To Have Repelled LNA attack

by Jason | Nov 14, 2017 | ISIS

ISIS is reported to have established temporary checkpoints 70 km south of Sirte on the road to Waddan and also near Bohadi village in the same district, on the 8 and 13 November respectively. The group is said to have stopped and searched civilian vehicles and seized...

8 – 14 Nov: LNA Announces Victory over Jihadists in Central Benghazi

by Jason | Nov 14, 2017 | Other Jihadi Actors

On 9 November, the Libyan National Army (LNA) claimed complete control of Sidi Khribesh district of Benghazi, in the downtown area close to the port. The LNA reportedly defeated the last remaining fighters from the jihadist coalition who had been hiding out there...

8 – 14 Nov: 2nd Benghazi Suspect Pleads Not Guilty in US Trial

by Jason | Nov 14, 2017 | International actors

On 9 November, Mustafa al-Imam, a suspect in the September 2012 attack against the US Special Mission in Benghazi, who was captured from Misrata in October and transported to the US to stand trial, entered a plea of not guilty to terrorism-related charges in the US...

8-14 Nov: GNA Alliance Defeat LNA-Aligned Force in Warshefana

by Jason | Nov 14, 2017 | Libyan actors

On 10 November, the Government of National Accord’s (GNA) military campaign – dubbed ‘Tidings of Security’ – against the Libyan National Army (LNA)-affiliated 4th Brigade in Wershefana, south west of Tripoli, concluded ‘successfully’. The 4th Brigade...

Defusing the Ticking ‘Jihadist’ Timebomb: Can Transitional Justice Help Counter the Trend of Radicalisation in Tunisia?

by Jason | Nov 7, 2017 | EOIL Publications

Defusing the Ticking ‘Jihadist’ Timebomb: Can Transitional Justice Help Counter the Trend of Radicalisation in Tunisia? 6 November 2017 In a new working paper published by Hate Speech International, Houda Mzioudet and Eye on ISIS’s Rhiannon Smith...