by Jason | Apr 19, 2017 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 15 April, reinforcements from the southern Libya Shield forces, led by Islamist commander Ahmed Abdul Jalil Al-Hasnawi, arrived at Temenhint airbase to back up the Government of National Accord (GNA)-affiliated forces, including the Misratan Third Force and the...
by Jason | Apr 19, 2017 | International actors
On 13 April, the US Treasury Department’s Office of Public Affairs (OFAC) implemented sanctions on several individuals determined responsible for funnelling money to ISIS in Libya. Ali Ahmidah Al-Safrani, Abd Al-Hadi Zarqun and Hammam Hamani, were all designated by...
by Jason | Apr 19, 2017 | Libyan actors
Various actors representing the Government of National Accord (GNA), including local mayors, denounced the use of the conflict in the South as a proxy battlefield between Libyan actors fighting for control of the country. GNA President Fayez Serraj called for the...
by Jason | Apr 11, 2017 | ISIS
On 6 April, 28 Eritrean and 5 Nigerian women and children who were captured and enslaved by ISIS in Sirte were released from prison in Misrata, where they had been held since the Misratan-led al-Bunyan al-Marsus forces ousted ISIS from the city in December. The women...
by Jason | Apr 11, 2017 | International actors
On 10 April, Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar met with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan. Al-Nahyan is the deputy supreme commander of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) armed forces. Al-Nahyan praised the Libyan National Army (LNA) for its role in...
