by Jason | Dec 7, 2015 | International actors
This week, both the Italian and French PMs explicitly dismissed the notion of boots-on-the-ground military intervention against ISIS in Libya. Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg also ruled out such an intervention. Likewise, Algeria and Tunisia rejected intervention...
by Jason | Dec 7, 2015 | Other Jihadi Actors
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) bragged about their control of central Derna and released a statement eulogizing the emir of Ansar Al Sharia’s Derna branch, Hamid al-Sha’iri. According to it Al-Sha’iri and his men were killed last week “as a result of a...
by Jason | Dec 7, 2015 | Libyan actors
There are mildly encouraging developments on coalition building against ISIS. At the tactical military level, the appointment of Brigadier General Abdussalam Al-Hassi as LNA commander in Benghazi is encouraging. Al-Hassi was previously the commander of LNA...
by Jason | Nov 23, 2015 | ISIS
IS assassinated two more security officers Ajdabiya, bringing the number killed this month to twelve. The killings reinforce the local and tribal divisions in the Oil Crescent and threaten serious regional instability. Omar Al Gabsi, a soldier in the LNA, and Hamza...
by Jason | Nov 23, 2015 | International actors
There was no discernable Western response to the ISIS threat in Libya this week.
