by Jason | Sep 13, 2016 | International actors
In response to the LNA’s takeover of the ports in the oil crescent on 11 September, the UN Envoy to Libya, the EU and the governments of USA, Britain, France, Germany, Spain and Italy all issued statements on 12 September condemning the LNA’s seizure of the ports and...
by Jason | Sep 13, 2016 | Other Jihadi Actors
In Derna, tensions between the Derna Mujahedeen Shura Council (DMSC) jihadist forces controlling the city, and the LNA continue to escalate. On 8 September, the DMSC clashed with LNA units south-west of Derna (in al-Dahr al-Hamr area) in an attempt to push the LNA...
by Jason | Sep 13, 2016 | Libyan actors
On 11 September, General Khalifa Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA) announced and launched a secretive military operation named Sudden Lightening, and by 12 September the LNA had taken full military control of the Oil Crescent. Ras Lanuf, Sidra and Zuetina oil ports...
by Jason | Sep 5, 2016 | ISIS
In Sirte, the Government of National Accord’s (GNA) Misratan-led Al-Bunyan Al-Marsus (BM) forces continued to make more gains against Islamic State (ISIS). On 30 August they fully took control of the ‘first’ residential area, and on 2 September they moved against the...
by Jason | Sep 5, 2016 | International actors
On 31 August President Obama extended US operations in Sirte for an additional 30 days in order to ensure that the al-Bunyan al-Marsus forces are able to take full control of Sirte. Despite the growing tensions and fracturing within Libya’s key political institutions,...
