by Jason | Jan 13, 2021 | ISIS
On 8 January, Spanish police officers in Barcelona arrested three suspected ISIS members, two of whom held Libyan citizenship. The three men reportedly had combat experience in Syria and were accused of plotting a terrorist attack in Spain.
by Jason | Jan 13, 2021 | International actors
This week the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) held the second meeting of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) and affirmed that it foresaw the deployment of a monitoring mission to Libya. On 6 January, UNSMIL announced that it had convened the...
by Jason | Jan 13, 2021 | Libyan actors
The GNA announced a security consolidation operation, while Western political and military figures tried to reframe the 24 December 2021 elections as a way to purge Libya of Haftar supporters. On 8 January, the GNA Minister of Interior, Fathi Bashaagha, announced...
by Jason | Jan 6, 2021 | ISIS
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by Jason | Jan 6, 2021 | International actors
This week was marked by movements from the UN to form a Libyan monitoring group for deployment to central Libya to safeguard the 5+5 ceasefire arrangements, along with attempts to reinvigorate the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF). On 29 December, the Turkish...
