by Jason | Oct 11, 2016 | Other Jihadi Actors
In Benghazi, fighters from the Benghazi Shura Revolutionary Council (BRSC) and ISIS are still holding out in the Ganfuda, Sabri and Souq al-Hout areas. On 4 October, at least 5 civilians were killed in indiscriminate shelling of residential areas in Benghazi,...
by Jason | Oct 11, 2016 | Libyan actors
In western Libya, Omar Tantoush, a Wershefanan military leader who was side-lined by Haftar in favour of Idriss Madi for the position of LNA Operations Commander in western Libya, responded on October 3 with a show of force, gathering together his tribe’s militia...
by Jason | Oct 4, 2016 | ISIS
In Sirte, there was a lull in fighting for most of last week. Then, on 2 October, after ten early morning airstrikes launched by aircraft from Misrata’s air base academy, the Misratan-led Bunyan al-Marsus (BM) forces attempted a renewed assault on the remaining ISIS...
by Jason | Oct 4, 2016 | International actors
On 3 October, France hosted a meeting of international and regional foreign ministers in Paris, with the aim of re-aligning the international community’s diplomatic efforts towards Libya. The meeting came at the request of PM Fayez al-Serraj, after he met with the...
by Jason | Oct 4, 2016 | Other Jihadi Actors
In Tripoli, tensions between local militias and Islamist militias, which include the Benghazi Defence Brigades, bubbled to the surface last week. The most significant incident was the detention of an Islamist militia member linked to the former Libyan Islamic...
