by Jason | Jun 8, 2015 | Other Jihadi Actors
There was no overt activity by other jihadi actors in Libya this week.
by Jason | Jun 8, 2015 | Libyan actors
The ease with which IS took over Hawara was surprising given that just last week members of the Awlad Suleiman tribal confederation who make up the majority of tribes in Harawa were declaring their intention to fight back hard. Despite the growing threat, Misrata is...
by Jason | Jun 1, 2015 | ISIS
Tripoli Militant Islamist groups are also operating in Tripoli and in other western towns and there was evidence this week that ISIS – Tripoli Wilaya is stepping up its rhetoric in the capital. ISIS called on parents to withdraw their daughters from Tripoli...
by Jason | Jun 1, 2015 | International actors
There has been no further progress in the UN sponsored peace negotiations. UNSMIL is still in the process of reworking the draft roadmap document that was issued at the end of April and rejected so forcefully by the GNC. The amended roadmap is expected to be ready by...
by Jason | Jun 1, 2015 | Other Jihadi Actors
Prime Minister Abdullah Al-Thinni narrowly escaped an assassination attempt this week when gunmen fired at his convoy as it left the HoR in Tobruq. The Prime Minister had been attending a session in the House at which he was being questioned about his government’s...
