by Jason | Jul 22, 2020 | Libyan actors
On 16 July, Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi met with a delegation of Libyan tribal chiefs in Cairo to discuss Egyptian intervention in Libya. During their meeting, Sisi told the chiefs that ‘Egypt will not stand still in the face of actions that pose a strong...
by Jason | Jul 16, 2020 | ISIS
On 9 July, the Government of National Accord Minister of Interior, Fathi Bashaagha, announced that a suspected ISIS member had been arrested in Zawiyya days prior while additional ISIS fighters had been captured in Abu Grein the week before. Bashaagha claimed that the...
by Jason | Jul 16, 2020 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 10 July, the Special Deterrence Force (Rada) arrested a suspected al-Qaida member in the Zawiyat al-Dahman area of Tripoli. No additional information as to the individual’s links to the group or their identity has been released at this...
by Jason | Jul 16, 2020 | International actors
On 9 July, the Egyptian military said it had carried out a large-scale military drill near the Libyan border called ‘Hasm 2020.’ Egypt’s state information service stated that ‘the exercise aims at eradicating elements of mercenaries, their gathering points, command...
by Jason | Jul 16, 2020 | Libyan actors
On 13 July, the House of Representatives (HoR) released a statement declaring that the Egyptian armed forces have the right to interfere in Libya to protect Libyan and Egyptian national security should they see an imminent threat, citing the ‘threats posed by the...
