by Jason | May 30, 2017 | ISIS
According to local sources, on 24 May militias clashed with ISIS fighters near Bani Walid. Four ISIS fighters were killed. ISIS fighters are still active in the area after dispersing into the desert south-west of Sirte following their defeat at the hands of the...
by Jason | May 30, 2017 | International actors
On 26 May, Egypt conducted six airstrikes against targets in Derna, supposedly in retaliation for the massacre of 28 Coptic Christians in Egypt’s Minya province the same day. The attack was claimed by ISIS. Further airstrikes were launched on 29 May. Targets included...
by Jason | May 30, 2017 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 27 May, Ansar al-Sharia (AS) officially announced that it had disbanded itself. AS’s leadership and fighting force has been weakened in over the last three years through its fight against the Libyan National Army (LNA). The disbanding statement is significant...
by Jason | May 30, 2017 | Libyan actors
On 26 May, pro Government of National Accord (GNA) militias managed to defeat rival anti-GNA militias aligned with hard-line Islamists in an intense battle in Tripoli. 52 people died and more than 130 were injured in the clashes. Pro-GNA ‘Tripoli militias’–...
by Jason | May 29, 2017 | EOIL Publications
The Role of 20th Century Jihadism in Manchester Attack May 29, 2017 In an article for Al Monitor, Jason Pack and Lydia Jabs discuss the role that suicide bomber Salman Abedi’s connection to, and his family’s long history within, Libya’s tight-knit activist...
