by Jason | Oct 18, 2017 | Libyan actors
On 6 October the Anti-Operations Room militia affiliated with the Libyan National Army (LNA), expelled the Anas Dabbashi militia from Sabratha and Mellitah Oil and Gas Complex, with the approval of the Government of National Accord (GNA). Khalifa Haftar gave a speech...
by Jason | Oct 11, 2017 | Other Jihadi Actors
Supreme Committee for Issuing Fatwas (Al-Lajna al-‘Ulya li-l-Ifta’), which is based in the eastern city Al-Bayda and is associated with Khalifa Haftar, commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA), has called for Jihad in Sabratha against “Kharijites,” a term used by...
by Jason | Oct 11, 2017 | ISIS
An ISIS suicide bomb attack which targeted a Misratan court complex in the centre of the city on 4 October, killed four people and wounded several more. ISIS fighters opened fire on the complex and the explosion was triggered after one of the attackers detonated a...
by Jason | Oct 11, 2017 | International actors
UN Envoy to Libya Ghassan Salame met with the Commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA) forces, Khalifa Haftar, in Benghazi on 5 October, a day after the UN representative met with Ageelah Saleh, leader of the House of Representatives (HoR). Salame informed Haftar...
by Jason | Oct 11, 2017 | Libyan actors
On 6 October, the Anti-ISIS Operations Room (AIOR), a force technically under the authority of the Government of National Accord (GNA) but more closely aligned the Libyan National Army (LNA), announced its control of Sabratha after defeating the Anas Dabbashi Brigade...
