by Jason | May 25, 2017 | EOIL Publications
Non Military Perspective on Recent Developments in Libya May 25, 2017 Rhiannon Smith has authored a report for NATO’s Open Perspectives Exchange Network (OPEN) looking at non-military perspective on recent developments in Libya. She outlines the current...
by Jason | May 24, 2017 | ISIS
The suicide bomber who detonated a suitcase bomb at a Manchester concert on 22 May has been identified as Salman Abeidi, a British-born Libyan. His parents were dissidents who fled to the UK during the Qadhafi period. Abeidi lived with his family in a quiet,...
by Jason | May 23, 2017 | ISIS
Amongst the flurry of videos released this week depicting the Brak attack and other violent acts, one piece of footage emerged on 20 May containing references to the Islamic State (ISIS). The video was released by the Libyan National Army (LNA) after they obtained the...
by Jason | May 23, 2017 | International actors
Press reports indicate that on 21 May, Government of National Accord (GNA) prime minister Fayez al-Serraj met briefly with US President Donald Trump in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia during the American Islamic States Summit. Although arranging the meeting was allegedly quite...
by Jason | May 23, 2017 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 21 May, the Libyan National Army (LNA) released CCTV footage from the Brak al-Shatti airbase that appears to show that at least one of the attacking vehicles had al-Qaeda markings, specifically these markings refer to “Shember’s” group connected al-Qaeda in Mali....
