by Jason | Feb 12, 2020 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 10 February, a bombing targeted the Ascending General School in the Abu Issa area of Tripoli. The explosion resulting in the injury of at least three students. It is unclear who carried out the attack.
by Jason | Feb 12, 2020 | International actors
On 5 February, the Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sabri Boukadoum, arrived in Benghazi and met with the head of Libya’s parallel eastern Libya government, Abdullah al-Thinni, and the eastern Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hadi al-Huwaiq, to discuss the...
by Jason | Feb 12, 2020 | Libyan actors
Throughout the last week there have been limited and sporadic clashes on the southern Tripoli frontlines despite the nominal truce between the Government of National Accord (GNA) aligned forces and the Libyan National Army (LNA) forces remaining in place. LNA forces...
by Jason | Feb 5, 2020 | ISIS
On 26-27 January, an unidentified drone flew over southern Sebha through to Murzuq suspected to be pursuing ISIS-Libya members believed to be active in the area. On 27 January, the Libyan National Army (LNA)’s 173 Infantry Brigade claimed ISIS fighters had fired on...
by Jason | Feb 5, 2020 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 1 February, an Egyptian court sentenced former Egyptian special forces officer and alleged Islamist militant, Hisham al-Ashmawy, to death in relation to multiple terrorism convictions. Those charges include being involved in an attack in 2014 that left 22 military...
