by Jason | Nov 17, 2014 | Other Jihadi Actors
Operation Dignity forces including the crack Sa’iqa 21 battallion are facing entrenched elements of the Benghazi Revolutionaries Shura Council. Several reports indicate the presence of snipers and intermittent battles in the port and broader marina area, where the...
by Jason | Nov 17, 2014 | Libyan actors
Hafter is still struggling to fully defeat the Benghazi Revolutionaries Shura Council that continues to put up a fierce resistance in its traditional strongholds. This week has seen his forces make limited progress. Hafter still does not have control over key...
by Jason | Nov 3, 2014 | ISIS
The Islamic State (IS) of Abu Bakr Baghdadi in Iraq and Syria is still winning over supporters in Derna. A second forum was held in the town this week at which local militants belonging to the Shura Council of the Youth of Islam in Derna pledged their allegiance to...
by Jason | Nov 3, 2014 | International actors
As ISIS has firmly established itself in Derna and announced that presences to the world, the West made no response and HoR PM Thinni, resolutely refused to deal with those he dismisses as “terrorists”. One of the reasons he was hostile to the Algerian national...
by Jason | Nov 3, 2014 | Other Jihadi Actors
Despite Haftar’s exaggerations, the Benghazi Revolutionaries Shura Council is clearly feeling the heat. It has lost many of its fighters and it was reported this week that hundreds of families of shura council members had fled the city and were seeking refuge in...
