by Jason | Aug 14, 2019 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 10 August, a car bomb explosion in front of a shopping mall near the Commerce and Investment Bank in the Hawari area of Benghazi killed at least three UN staff members. The explosion occurred near the busy Hawari main hospital and targeted a UN convoy. According to...
by Jason | Aug 14, 2019 | International actors
On 8 August, the UN Envoy to Libya, Ghassan Salame, briefed the UN Security Council via video link from Tripoli on the state of the planned UN-brokered ceasefire for the Eid al-Adha holiday (11 – 13 August). He said that a new comprehensive security plan for the...
by Jason | Aug 14, 2019 | Libyan actors
On 9 August, the Government of National Accord (GNA) accepted the UN’s call for a temporary ceasefire for Eid. On 10 August, the head of the Libyan National Army (LNA), Khalifa Haftar, announced that his forces would temporarily cease military operations during...
by Jason | Aug 7, 2019 | ISIS
On 3 August, the Misratan Counter-Terrorism Force, with the assistance of the Sirte Protection Force (SPF), claimed to have arrested an alleged member of ISIS in Sirte.
by Jason | Aug 7, 2019 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 31 July, Government of National Accord (GNA) head Fayez al-Serraj presented UN Envoy to Libya, Ghassan Salame, with a memorandum protesting the latter’s assertions to the UNSC that there are terrorists fighting within the ranks of the GNA-aligned forces. On 4...
