by Jason | Mar 14, 2017 | ISIS
On 9 March, Marine General Thomas Waldhauser, the head of US Africa Command (AFRICOM), warned the US Senate’s foreign affairs committee that Islamic State (ISIS) is regrouping in Libya. He said “The status of ISIS in Libya is they are right now regrouping. They’re in...
by Jason | Mar 14, 2017 | International actors
On 14 March, the UK, US, French and Italian ambassadors expressed their “strong concern” over the fate of Libya’s oil facilities and called for an end to hostilities in the Oil Crescent to protect Libya’s most critical oil asset. They said, “Oil infrastructure,...
by Jason | Mar 14, 2017 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 14 March, Libyan National Army (LNA) forces launched a counter attack against the Benghazi Defence Brigades (BDB) from Brega. By the afternoon of 14 March, LNA spokesperson Ahmed al-Mismari claimed that the routed BDB forces had retreated to Misrata and Jufra, and...
by Jason | Mar 14, 2017 | Libyan actors
On 12 March, around 30 members of the House of Representatives (HoR) met in Tripoli to reiterate their support for the Libyan Political Agreement (LPA). On 10 March, 75 HoR members issued a letter outlining their support for the LPA despite the HoR’s vote last week to...
by Jason | Mar 7, 2017 | ISIS
Following the Benghazi Defence Brigades’ (BDB) swift advance against Khalifa Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA) forces in the Oil Crescent on 3 March, BDB commander Mustafa Sharksi said “our goal is to rescue Benghazi from Haftar and return displaced families to...
