by Jason | Sep 16, 2020 | ISIS
On 14-15 September, the Libyan National Army (LNA) undertook an overnight raid on an alleged ISIS cell in the Abd al-Kafi neighbourhood of Sebha in southern Libya. According to a statement from the LNA General Command, the raid resulted in the deaths of three Saudi...
by Jason | Sep 16, 2020 | International actors
On 14 September, it was reported that the UN Security Council (UNSC) was planning on approving former Bulgarian politician and UN diplomat Nickolai Evtimov Mladenov as the new head of UNSMIL to replace acting head Stephanie Williams, along with a new ‘Coordinator’....
by Jason | Sep 16, 2020 | Other Jihadi Actors
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by Jason | Sep 16, 2020 | Libyan actors
On 15 September, Bloomberg news reported that the head of the Government of National Accord (GNA), Fayez al-Serraj, was planning to resign but would stay on in a caretaker capacity until October when planned negotiations in Geneva have concluded (the negotiations...
by Jason | Sep 9, 2020 | Libyan actors
On 3 September, the Presidential Council (PC) of the Government of National Accord (GNA) announced that the GNA’s Minister of Interior (MoI), Fathi Bashaagha, had been re-instated in his role after being suspended the previous week. The announcement came after a...