by Jason | Aug 23, 2017 | ISIS
Islamic State (ISIS) militants attacked the Libyan National Army (LNA)-controlled al-Fogha checkpoint near Jufra this morning, killing at least nine soldiers and two civilians. According to LNA spokesman Ahmed Mismari, the eleven victims were beheaded and many others...
by Jason | Aug 23, 2017 | ISIS
On 21 August, two individuals were tried on terror charges in Tripoli after alleged involvement in a series of attacks in the capital, including the assault on the Corinthia Hotel in January 2015, in which nine people were killed. The defendants have not been named...
by Jason | Aug 23, 2017 | Other Jihadi Actors
The Justice and Construction (JC) party, the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood in Libya, has turned on Tripoli’s Dar al-Ifta head, Sheikh Sadeq al-Ghariani after he pronounced that anyone who backed the Libyan Political Agreement (LPA) was “non-believer”....
by Jason | Aug 23, 2017 | International actors
The new UN Special Envoy to Libya, Ghassan Salame, visited all of Libya’s main power-broker cities on a one-week tour throughout the country, including Tripoli, Misrata, Zintan, as well as Benghazi. ( Government of National Accord (GNA) Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj...
by Jason | Aug 23, 2017 | Libyan actors
On 15 August, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a warrant for the arrest of the notorious Libyan National Army (LNA) Special Forces (Saiqa) Commander Mahmoud al-Werfalli for allegations of murder as a war crime in seven incidents, involving 33 persons, in...
