by Jason | May 16, 2017 | Other Jihadi Actors
Libyan National Army (LNA) forces continued to launch heavy airstrikes against jihadist fighters besieged in Sabri and Souq al-Hout in Benghazi last week. On 13 May, Faraj Juma al-Sallabi, a member of the Benghazi Revolutionaries Shura Council (BRSC) and Libya Shield...
by Jason | May 16, 2017 | Libyan actors
On 8 and 9 May, anti- Government of National Accord (GNA) militias mobilized south of Tripoli and deployed forces to various locations in the area in preparation for a new operation in the capital dubbed ‘Libya Honor’ by Salah Badi, a prominent Misratan militia...
by Jason | May 9, 2017 | ISIS
On 7 May, ISIS’s official media arm claimed responsibility for an ambush of fighters belonging to the Government of National Accord (GNA) affiliated Misratan Third Force 100km south-west of Sirte. The Misratans were attacked in the al-Loud agricultural district as...
by Jason | May 9, 2017 | International actors
Following last week’s much-touted meeting between Government of National Accord (GNA) Prime Minister Fayez al- Serraj and eastern military commander Field Marshall Khalifa Haftar in Abu Dhabi, there are rumours that a second meeting is due to take place between the...
by Jason | May 9, 2017 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 4 May, the Libyan National Army (LNA) tentatively began a ground assault against the remaining jihadist enclaves in Sabri and Souq al-Hout in central Benghazi. They met with fierce resistance from jihadist fighters who are deploying IEDs and explosives in these...
