by Jason | Dec 27, 2016 | International actors
On 19 December, US AFRICOM announced the conclusion of its aerial Operation Odyssey Lightning. This announcement came two days after the Government of National Accord (GNA) announced the end of offensive military operations in Sirte. Mine clearance operations are...
by Jason | Dec 27, 2016 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 25 December, the head of Misrata’s Military Council (MMC), the main umbrella organisation for Misrata’s participation in the al-Bunyan al-Marsus (BM) coalition, visited the Benghazi Defence Brigades’ (BDB) in their base in Hun, a town around 300km south of Sirte...
by Jason | Dec 27, 2016 | Libyan actors
On 23 December, a senior moderate cleric who was a symbolic figure for the Misratan militias that formed the core of the al-Bunyan al-Marsus (BM) coalition, such as the Halbous and Mahjoub brigades, was abducted, tortured and forced to leave the country. On 24...
by Jason | Dec 20, 2016 | ISIS
On 17 December, the Government of National Accord’s (GNA) Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj officially declared the military operation against Islamic State (ISIS) in Sirte complete and victorious. Although the city is now under the control of the Misratan-led al-Bunyan...
by Jason | Dec 20, 2016 | International actors
On 13-14 December, representatives from several countries attended a two-day conference organised by UNSMIL in Tunis with some members of the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA). The main purpose of the meetings was to discuss support for the establishment...
