by Jason | Jan 15, 2019 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 10 January, Tripoli’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) evacuated the Dhat al-Imad office complex following reports of a “terrorist” bomb threat. After the deployment of security forces to the area, CID declared the area safe and that “no security...
by Jason | Jan 15, 2019 | International actors
On 13 January, UN Envoy, Ghassan Salame, travelled to southern Libya for meetings with local officials and dignitaries in his first visit to the region since his appointment in June 2018. While there, the envoy called for alternative state institutions after...
by Jason | Jan 15, 2019 | Libyan actors
On 15 January, Libyan National Army (LNA) spokesman Ahmed al-Mismari confirmed that an LNA operation to liberate southern Libya from “terrorist” groups is underway. Mismari advised civilians to avoid known militant bases, such as Sebha, and urged local hospitals to...
by Jason | Jan 8, 2019 | ISIS
On 1 January, the Libyan National Army (LNA) undertook security operations around Ghadduwah, 70 km south of Sebha, that resulted in the rescue of as many as 20 civilians captured by ISIS during attacks by the group on al-Fuqaha and Tazerbu late last year. The LNA...
by Jason | Jan 8, 2019 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 7 January, security forces arrested a former member of Ansar al-Sharia, Amad al-Ghariyani, aka “al-Zubeir”, in a house in Zawiyya. Al-Ghariyani was handed over to the Special Deterrence Forces (Rada) in Tripoli. On 2 January, Nigeria’s Defence Minister, Kla Mawari,...
