by Jason | Nov 27, 2019 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 24 November, Government of National Accord (GNA) Minister of Interior, Fathi Bashaagha, called for the arrest of Emad Faraj Mansour al-Shoqabi, an individual suspected of coordinating between Ansar al-Sharia and ISIS. Bashaagha also issued the arrest to the GNA’s...
by Jason | Nov 27, 2019 | International actors
On 21 November, members of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee introduced a piece of legislation called ‘the Libya Stabilization Act’ which attempts to clarify and enhance US policy in support of a diplomatic resolution to the Libyan crisis. In a press release,...
by Jason | Nov 27, 2019 | Libyan actors
The US State Department said that on 24 November, a delegation of senior US officials met with Libyan National Army (LNA) leader Khalifa Haftar at an undisclosed location to discuss steps to achieve a suspension of hostilities and a political resolution to the Libyan...
by Jason | Nov 20, 2019 | ISIS
On 14 November, ISIS-Libya released four photos revealing the group’s members making a pledge of allegiance to new ISIS leader, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashemi al-Qurashi, after former leader ISIS Abu Baker al-Baghdadi was killed earlier this month. The photos were taken...
by Jason | Nov 20, 2019 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 17 November, an Egyptian court sentenced to death Libyan terrorist Abdel Rahim al-Mismari for the attack on the Wahat Road checkpoint that killed 16 Egyptian security forces in October 2017.