by Jason | Apr 11, 2017 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 10 April, Saudi-owned Al Arabiya printed images of what it claims is a secret prison in the Ganfuda district of Benghazi. It claims people were imprisoned and tortured by jihadi fighters in the prison. Mohammed al-Zwai, a spokesperson for the Libyan National Army...
by Jason | Apr 11, 2017 | Libyan actors
On 5 April, the Libyan National Army (LNA) conducted airstrikes against Teminhint airbase near Sebha in south-west Libya. On 6 April, the LNA deployed Mohamed Bin Nayel’s 12th Brigade to besiege the base. Teminhint is controlled by the Misratan-led Third Force, which...
by Jason | Apr 8, 2017 | EOIL Publications
Migration and Jihadism in the Sahel April 2017 Rhiannon Smith has edited a report on Migration and Jihadism in the Sahel, authored by Dominic MacIver and published by Norwegian think tank Hate Speech International. The report looks at political rhetoric conflating...
by Jason | Apr 4, 2017 | ISIS
In Benghazi, the areas of Sabri and Souq al-Hout, adjacent to the port in the centre of the city, are the final enclaves controlled by the loose jihadist coalition of Benghazi Revolutionary Shura Council (BRSC) and Islamic State (ISIS) fighters. Last week, conflict...
by Jason | Apr 4, 2017 | International actors
On 31 March, the European Council issued a statement extending the European Union sanctions against three Libyan actors for a further six months: Agila Saleh, president of the House of Representatives (HoR); Khalifa al-Ghwell, prime minister and defence minister of...
