by Jason | Sep 30, 2020 | International actors
On 27 September, a second round of United Nations (UN)-mediated meetings was set to occur in Bouznika, Morocco, but was delayed until 29 September due to alleged disagreements concerning either the meeting’s agenda or the makeup of the House of Representatives (HoR)...
by Jason | Sep 30, 2020 | Libyan actors
On 28 September, military and police delegations from western and eastern Libya met in Egypt, in the Red Sea resort town of Hurghada, to begin 3-day discussions centred on military and security issues under the auspices of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL)....
by Jason | Sep 23, 2020 | Libyan actors
On the evening of 16 September, Government of National Accord (GNA)/ and Presidential Council (PC) head Fayez al-Serraj announced on live television that he would ‘hand over’ his duties ‘to the next executive authority no later than the end of October.’ Serraj...
by Jason | Sep 23, 2020 | International actors
On 17 September, details emerged of a Russian-brokered deal negotiated in Sochi between the Presidential Council (PC)/Government of National Accord (GNA) Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Maiteeq (representing himself) and Khalid Haftar, the son of the head of the Libyan...
by Jason | Sep 23, 2020 | Other Jihadi Actors
No relevant developments.
by Jason | Sep 23, 2020 | ISIS
On 21 September, the LNA claimed that its 128 Brigade and 116 Battalion had arrested an ISIS member in the town of Ghadduwah in southern Libya. The LNA reported that the individual was connected to a cell that had been recently raided by the LNA in the Abd al-Kafi...
by Jason | Sep 16, 2020 | ISIS
On 14-15 September, the Libyan National Army (LNA) undertook an overnight raid on an alleged ISIS cell in the Abd al-Kafi neighbourhood of Sebha in southern Libya. According to a statement from the LNA General Command, the raid resulted in the deaths of three Saudi...
by Jason | Sep 16, 2020 | International actors
On 14 September, it was reported that the UN Security Council (UNSC) was planning on approving former Bulgarian politician and UN diplomat Nickolai Evtimov Mladenov as the new head of UNSMIL to replace acting head Stephanie Williams, along with a new ‘Coordinator’....
by Jason | Sep 16, 2020 | Other Jihadi Actors
No relevant developments.
by Jason | Sep 16, 2020 | Libyan actors
On 15 September, Bloomberg news reported that the head of the Government of National Accord (GNA), Fayez al-Serraj, was planning to resign but would stay on in a caretaker capacity until October when planned negotiations in Geneva have concluded (the negotiations...
