by Jason | Feb 9, 2016 | ISIS
Sirte Local sources reported a large influx of ISIS militants to the city last week in a convoy of 12 armed vehicles. The fighters were reportedly given accommodation in specially furnished flats at the city center. Upon arrival, ISIS embarked on a new campaign to...
by Jason | Feb 9, 2016 | International actors
In a CNN article on 4 February, which you can read here, a new estimate for ISIS fighters in Libya was predicted at 6,500 fighters, nearly twice the 3000-4000 number propagated by a special UN panel report late last year. The article points to this buildup of fighters...
by Jason | Feb 9, 2016 | Other Jihadi Actors
In Eastern Libya, in the early hours of Sunday morning 7 February, unidentified aircraft carried out three separate air raids on residential locations in the Bab Tubruq area of Derna, killing civilians and fighters affiliated with the Derna Mujahideen Shura Council...
by Jason | Feb 9, 2016 | Libyan actors
Ibrahim Beit al-Mal, the head of the Misrata Military Council (MMC), the local umbrella of all Misratan militias, unveiled preparations to liberate Sirte from ISIS on 6 February. Al-Mal said that the forces currently encircling Sirte include Misratans, a battalion...
by Jason | Jan 12, 2016 | ISIS
The Assault on the Oil Crescent – ‘The Battle of Abu Al Mughira’ The 3 day ISIS assault on oil crescent ports last week was successfully thwarted by the Petroleum Facilities Guard forces (PFG) and local volunteers. Nine PFG forces and around 30 IS members were killed...
