by Jason | Sep 26, 2017 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 17 September, the Libyan National Army (LNA) broadcast televised ‘confessions’ of Ibrahim Muftah Abu Nuwwara, an imprisoned Ansar al-Sharia fighter from Ajdabiya who is in LNA custody. Nuwwara ‘confessed’ that a spate of assassination and kidnapping operations...
by Jason | Sep 26, 2017 | International actors
On 20 September, the UN Secretary General António Guterres and Special Envoy to Libya Ghassan Salame outlined the proposed new UN roadmap for Libya at a high level meeting on Libya which took place at the UN General Assembly in New York. The roadmap consists of a 3...
by Jason | Sep 26, 2017 | Libyan actors
On 25 September, presidential hopeful Basit Igtet landed in Mitiga airport and led small crowds from Tajoura to Martyrs Square to demonstration against the Government of National Accord (GNA). However, the crowds remained relatively small and their demands were...
by Jason | Sep 20, 2017 | International actors
Following a recent trip around Libya, new UN envoy Ghassan Salame has made steadfast strides towards the near impossible task of getting the multitude of international actors behind his new Libyan roadmap for political unity. On 15 September, the UN Security Council...
by Jason | Sep 20, 2017 | Other Jihadi Actors
The demonstrations planned by presidential hopeful Basit Igtet in Tripoli’s Martyrs’ Square on September 25, come in a context of increased tensions in the capital city. Islamist ‘hardliners’ have been quick to back Igtet, including the Grand Mufti Sadeq al-Ghariani...
