by Jason | Feb 26, 2019 | ISIS
On 19 February, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, Mikhail Bogdanov, stated that ISIS in Libya was “boosting ties with al-Qaeda which is raising its head near the Oil Crescent.” Bogdanov was talking at a Middle East conference at Club Valdai. On 26 February, Tunisian...
by Jason | Feb 26, 2019 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 25 February, Misratan security forces arrested suspected al-Qaeda member, Ayman Abu Amoud, who is thought to have been involved in the kidnapping of the Jordanian ambassador to Libya, Fawaz al-Itan, in 2014. Abu Amoud had previously been imprisoned in Abu Salim...
by Jason | Feb 26, 2019 | International actors
On 22 February, ministers from Libya, Niger, Sudan and Chad signed the executive regulations of a new Joint Operations Centre for securing Libya’s common border with Niger, Chad and Sudan. According to the Government of National Accord’s (GNA) Foreign Ministry, a...
by Jason | Feb 26, 2019 | Libyan actors
On 20 February, the Libyan National Army (LNA) claimed to have taken control of Murzuq after clashes with the South Protection Force (SPF). However, the LNA withdrew from the city that evening. Clashes resumed for the following two days, with the LNA taking control of...
by Jason | Feb 19, 2019 | ISIS
On 13 February, the Sirte Military Engineering Corps recovered unexploded ordnance left behind by ISIS on the Abu Hadi Road in Sirte. After closing the road for quarter of an hour, the disposal team recovered the explosive and later detonated it.
