30 January – 5 February: LNA operations push further south into the Murzuq area

by Jason | Feb 5, 2019 | Libyan actors

The Libyan National Army (LNA) mobile force continued to advance southward into the Murzuq region last week, entering Ghaduwwa town on 31 January. Many of the local Tebu in the town welcomed the LNA. However, the LNA has met resistance from Tebu fighters, in...

23 January – 29 January: Tunisia prepares to repatriate children whose parents fought for ISIS in Libya

by Jason | Jan 29, 2019 | ISIS

On 27 January, a Tunisian government delegation travelled to the Libyan Red Crescent branch in Misrata to complete repatriation procedures for children whose Tunisian parents fought for ISIS in Sirte. The children have been housed in the Care and Custody unit of the...

23 January – 29 January: LNA kill AQIM field commander in Sebha

by Jason | Jan 29, 2019 | Other Jihadi Actors

On 27 January, the Libyan National Army (LNA) claim to have killed al-Qaeda in the Islamic Magreb (AQIM) field commander Adel Ahmad al-Abdali (aka Abu Az-Zubeir al-Libi) during a raid by Deterrence Forces on suspected terrorists in the Hijarah area of Sebha. In the...

23 January – 29 January: France plan to reopen embassy in Libya this year

by Jason | Jan 29, 2019 | International actors

On 26 January, France announced it is planning to reopen its embassy in Libya this year, according to French Ambassador to Libya Beautice du Hellene. The announcement was made during a meeting with the Government of National Accord’s Minister of Economy and Industry,...

23 January – 29 January: LNA label UN Envoy an “opponent”

by Jason | Jan 29, 2019 | Libyan actors

On 23 January, the Libyan National Army (LNA) spokesman Ahmed al-Mismari labelled UN Envoy to Libya Ghassan Salame as an ‘opponent’ and a part of the Libyan crisis. Mismari said that the LNA would not leave Libya like Lebanon, as ‘a country of militias and multiple...