by Jason | Oct 4, 2016 | Libyan actors
Over the last two weeks, Abdul Razak Nazhouri, the LNA Chief of Staff and military governor of the Eastern region, has replaced the mayors of Benghazi, Ajdabiya, Shahat, Al Abyar and Kufrah with military officers, while the mayors of Tubruq and Sloug have also...
by Jason | Sep 27, 2016 | ISIS
In Sirte, ISIS forces are still confined within the coastal residential districts of Hay Al-Gizah and 600 Flats, a small enclave of two to three square kilometres in the east of the city. ISIS fighters have heavily barricaded this area with sand blockades and...
by Jason | Sep 27, 2016 | International actors
On 22 September, 22 countries, plus the European Union, United Nations, the League of Arab States, and the African Union, issued a joint communiqué on Libya, reiterating commitment to the Libyan Political Agreement (LPA) signed in Skhirat last year. The communiqué...
by Jason | Sep 27, 2016 | Other Jihadi Actors
In Benghazi, intermittent clashes were ongoing between the Libyan National Army (LNA) and jihadists in the south-western districts of Ganfuda and Guwarsha throughout last week. Jihadists managed to target the outer perimeter of Benghazi’s Benina airport with mortars,...
by Jason | Sep 27, 2016 | Libyan actors
On 21 September, the High Council of State (HCS), a consultative body enshrined by the LPA, announced that it was ‘compelled’ to take over full legislative powers from the HoR because the HoR’s president, Ageela Saleh, is helping Haftar and the military to...
