by Jason | Nov 22, 2016 | International actors
On 17 November, a meeting was held in Rome between the Presidential Council (PC), Central Bank of Libya (CBL) and the National Oil Corporation (NOC). The meeting was a follow on from the international summit on Libya’s economic situation which was held in London three...
by Jason | Nov 22, 2016 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 17 and 18 November, Libyan National Army (LNA) forces retook the symbolic and long-contested ‘Guwarsha gate’ in Benghazi, the main base in the city for the Benghazi Revolutionaries Shura Council (BRSC) and Ansar al-Sharia jihadists who have been fighting the LNA...
by Jason | Nov 22, 2016 | Libyan actors
In Tripoli, the body of Sheikh Nader al-Omrani was discovered on 20 November. Omrani was a member of Dar al-Ifta and a close associate of the Grand Mufti Sadeq al-Ghariani. A video of the alleged kidnapper, a Salafist believed to be connected to RADA (Special...
by Jason | Nov 15, 2016 | ISIS
The spokesperson for the Misratan-led al-Bunyan al-Marsus (BM) forces aligned with the GNA said this week that the area in Sirte controlled by ISIS fighters is ‘less than the size of a football pitch’. BM forces said they are delaying a final push into the remaining...
by Jason | Nov 15, 2016 | International actors
On 9-10 November, the Libyan Dialogue Committee overseeing the UN-backed Libyan Political Agreement (LPA) met in Malta to discuss a way out of the current political impasse within the HoR, which is preventing the GNA from receiving legal recognition. This...
