by Jason | Jul 30, 2019 | Libyan actors
On 24 July, the head of the Libyan National Army (LNA), Khalifa Haftar, gave a pre-recorded speech on television where he claimed the forces the LNA is combating are “the most ferocious enemy on earth”. The speech saw Haftar reiterate his commitment to continue the...
by Jason | Jul 23, 2019 | ISIS
On 16 July, former Iraqi Minister Baqr Jaber al-Zubeidi claimed Islamic State (ISIS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is hiding in Libya. Al-Zubeidi suggests ISIS has shifted it focus to North Africa in an attempt to establish a new caliphate in the region. This follows a...
by Jason | Jul 23, 2019 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 17 July, Hashem Abedi, the brother of the suicide bomber Salman Abedi who blew himself up at a concert the British city of Manchester in May 2017, was extradited from Libya to the UK. A spokesperson for the Special Deterrence Force (Rada), who had detained Hashem...
by Jason | Jul 23, 2019 | International actors
On 22 July, the UN Office for Project Service (UNOPS) on behalf of the UN Support Mission to Libya (UNSMIL) announced the reopening of bids for the selection of an international audit firm to audit the financial accounts of the competing Central Bank of Libya (CBL)...
by Jason | Jul 23, 2019 | Libyan actors
Throughout last week, there were reports of an imminent Libyan National Army (LNA) “second wave” assault on the capital, with LNA forces allegedly “ready and awaiting” to “storm” the capital within the coming days. On 18 July, the High Council of State (HCS) published...
