by Jason | Jul 9, 2019 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 7 July, Libyan National Army (LNA)-aligned security forces in Sabratha reportedly arrested an extremist sleeper cell with a trove of weapons and ammunition planning to launch a terrorist attack in Sabratha. However, alternative reports suggest the cell was a...
by Jason | Jul 9, 2019 | International actors
On 7 July, the UN’s Deputy Envoy to Libya, Stephanie Williams, met with members of the eastern-based House of Representatives (HoR) as part of a 3-day tour of eastern Libya where she visited Derna, Benghazi, Shahat and Tubruq. The meetings involved discussions on...
by Jason | Jul 9, 2019 | Libyan actors
Despite the Libyan National Army’s (LNA) loss of Ghariyan in late June, the main frontlines of clashes in Tripoli’s southern suburbs have remained relatively static over the last week. Following the loss of Ghariyan, the LNA has relocated and re-established their...
by Jason | Jul 2, 2019 | ISIS
On 26 June, the US Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Paul Selva, reportedly told a group of reporters in Washington that the US administration is seeing a “small resurgence of those [ISIS] camps in the central region” following the Libyan National Army’s...
by Jason | Jul 2, 2019 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 23 June, unconfirmed reports suggested a prominent Al-Qaeda member, Adel Al-Hanashi, has been fighting amongst GNA-aligned forces against the LNA in the Tripoli suburb of Aziziyah. Al-Hanashi is said to have lived in Yemen in the 90’s and then under the name of...
