by Jason | Dec 4, 2018 | International actors
On 29 November, US Africa Command (AFRICOM), in coordination with the Government of National Accord (GNA), conducted an airstrike killing eleven al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) members and destroying three vehicles near al-Uwaynat in southern Libya. Local...
by Jason | Dec 4, 2018 | Libyan actors
On 29 November, the Tobruk-based House of Representatives (HoR) handed over the Constitution Referendum Law to the High Election Commission (HNEC). In doing so, the HoR concluded its constitution duty as laid forth by the 2011 Transitional Constitution Declaration....
by Jason | Nov 27, 2018 | ISIS
On 23 November, Islamic State (ISIS) fighters launched an assault on the town of Tazirbu, an oasis in Libya’s south-east some 250km north-west of Kufra, leaving at least 8 people dead, 11 wounded and 17 kidnapped. Arriving in as many as 15 vehicles the assailants took...
by Jason | Nov 27, 2018 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 17 November, the Libyan National Army (LNA) undertook three airstrikes targeting an “al-Qaeda-linked group” suspected to be the Benghazi Defence Brigades (BDB) at Sadada, near Misrata. The LNA claims the group were behind several recent attacks and that a...
by Jason | Nov 27, 2018 | International actors
On 24 November, the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, indicated in an interview to Italian media that Russia does not have plans to establish a military base in Libya. In an interview with Sputnik the following day, he said external interference in the Libyan...
