by Jason | Nov 13, 2018 | ISIS
ISIS has attempted to negotiate a prisoner exchange with Fuqaha residents according to multiple Libyan news outlets. Local sources report that the jihadist group will return 10 people it kidnapped during its raid on the town on 29 October for the release of two of its...
by Jason | Nov 13, 2018 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 10 November, Misrata local security forces arrested two individuals connected to the Ajdabiya Revolutionaries Shura Council, an Islamist brigade formerly linked with Ansar Al-Sharia and the Benghazi Revolutionaries Shura Council. On 4 November, the Anti-ISIS...
by Jason | Nov 13, 2018 | International actors
On 12-13 November, Italy hosted its international conference on Libya in Palermo, an initiative aimed at gathering Libyan factions and international actors to push forward a solution to Libya’s persisting crisis. Reports suggest that East Libyan General Khalifa...
by Jason | Nov 13, 2018 | Libyan actors
On 7 November, the Governors of competing Central Banks of Libya in Tripoli and Beida, Saddek el-Kaber and Ali Hibri respectively, held a meeting at the UNSMIL Tunis headquarters regarding an independent audit process for both branches. Mediated by UNSMIL envoy...
by Jason | Nov 6, 2018 | ISIS
On 3 November, ISIS fighters clashed with the Libyan National Army’s 128th Battalion near the al-Mabrouk oilfield south of Sirte. No causalities were reported.
