by Jason | May 23, 2017 | Libyan actors
On 18 May, Misratan led-Third Force and units from the Benghazi Defence Brigades (BDB) affiliated with the Government of National Accord (GNA) conducted an attack on Brak al-Shatti airbase controlled by Libyan National Army (LNA) in south-west Libya. The surprise...
by Jason | May 23, 2017 | EOIL Publications
Tactical Lessons from the Ejection of ISIS from Sirte May 23, 2017 In the second instalment for Atlantic Council, Dr Alia Brahimi and Jason Pack discuss the tactical lessons that can be learnt from the ejection of ISIS from Sirte in December 2016. Although the authors...
by Jason | May 17, 2017 | EOIL Publications
Strategic Lessons from the Ejection of ISIS from Sirte May 17, 2017 In an article for the Atlantic Council’s MENASource, Dr Alia Brahimi and Jason Pack write the first of two article looking at valuable lessons that can be learned from the ejection of the...
by Jason | May 16, 2017 | ISIS
On 14 May, three fuel trucks were seized by ISIS fighters on the road from Abu Grien to Jufra, the same road where the ISIS attack on Misratan fighters took place on 7 May. The hijacking took place near the Great Man Made River crossing at Wadi Bey, south west of...
by Jason | May 16, 2017 | International actors
On 10 May, Libya’s oil production passed the National Oil Corporation’s (NOC) target of 800,000 barrels per day (bpd), following the reopening of a number of oil fields in the Oil Crescent last week. However, the NOC’s efforts to increase oil production further have...
