by Jason | Sep 20, 2017 | ISIS
The Derna Mujahadeen Shura Council (DMSC) released a statement on 18 September, declaring that ISIS had executed the nine foreigners they abducted from al-Ghani oil field in March 2015. The DMSC stated that its forces found five unidentified foreign bodies during a...
by Jason | Sep 20, 2017 | Libyan actors
On 16 September, clashes broke out in Sabratha among units affiliated with the Anas Dabbashi Brigade and the 48 Brigade, sometimes referred to as the ‘Anti-ISIS Task Force’ or the ‘al-Wadi’ militia. It is reported that Dabbashi fighters were shot at around a...
by Jason | Sep 13, 2017 | ISIS
The re-emergence of Islamic State (ISIS) cells in central and southern Libya last month has led both the Libyan National Army (LNA) and the Government of National Accord’s (GNA) al-Bunyan al- Marsus to deploy large forces to the region. The LNA, which currently...
by Jason | Sep 13, 2017 | International actors
On 5 September, Italy’s Interior Minister Marco Minitti visited Commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA) Khalifa Haftar in Benghazi just a day after the French FM Jean-Yves Le Drian completed his tour of Libya. This was Minitti’s first meeting with Haftar and he is...
by Jason | Sep 13, 2017 | Other Jihadi Actors
The Derna Mujahedeen Shura Council (DMSC) – a jihadist coalition which controls Derna – is experiencing significant local backlash after the alleged abduction, torture and killing of Munsef Krikish, a pro- LNA Salafist resident of Derna on 4 September. According...
