by Jason | Jan 8, 2019 | International actors
On 6 January, the head of the Government of National Accord (GNA) Fayez al-Serraj met with Russia’s Ambassador to Libya, Ivan Molotkov, to discuss bilateral relations, economic reforms and the current political situation in Libya. Molotkov is reported to have...
by Jason | Jan 8, 2019 | Libyan actors
On 3 January, the Attorney General issued arrest warrants for 31 members of Chadian and Sudanese opposition groups and 6 Libyan nationals, including Ibrahim Jadhran and Abdul Hakim Belhaj. Abdel Hakim Belhaj was formerly a commander of the Libyan Islamic Fighting...
by Jason | Jan 1, 2019 | ISIS
On 27 December, ISIS’s al-Naba newsletter no. 162 outlined details of the group’s attack on Libya’s Foreign Ministry in Tripoli on 25 December that left three dead and twenty-one injured. The group claimed to have inflicted 31 casualties and vowed to extract revenge...
by Jason | Jan 1, 2019 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 24 December, the Libyan National Army’s (LNA) 73 Brigade clashed with Benghazi Defence Brigades (BDB) forces in Wadi Dinar, southeast of Bani Walid. Details of causalities remain unknown at this time. However, the Municipal Council of Bani Walid has denied the...
by Jason | Jan 1, 2019 | International actors
On 27 December, Bloomberg reported that Russian Envoy Mikhail Bogdanov said Saif al-Islam Qaddafi could be a unifying figure for Libya and has the right to run for president in the elections next year despite being wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC)....
