by Jason | Jun 18, 2020 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 14 June, a video emerged on social media featuring Libya National Army (LNA) Special Forces (al-Saiqa) Commander, Lieutenant Colonel Mahmoud al-Werfalli calling on LNA forces to take their actions to Sirte and lead an assault towards Misrata. The address was...
by Jason | Jun 18, 2020 | ISIS
On 11 June, in its al-Naba newsletter issue no. 238, ISIS claimed responsibility for a rocket attack against the LNA forces at Tamenhint airbase. This comes after a series of attacks in the southern region which ISIS has claimed responsibility for in the last month,...
by Jason | Jun 10, 2020 | ISIS
On 3 June, a man identified as General Electrical Company of Libya (GECOL) employee Abu Bakr Mohammed Ali Khamis was killed, along with four of his children, by masked men in Taraghin in southern Libya. Ali Khamis’s wife and two other children survived the incident....
by Jason | Jun 10, 2020 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 5 June, French forces killed the emir of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), Abdul Malek Droukdal, in northern Mali. Droukdal was reported killed with several other AQIM members.
by Jason | Jun 10, 2020 | International actors
On 6 June, Egyptian President Abdul Fatah al-Sisi, flanked by the head of the Libyan National Army (LNA), Khalifa Haftar, and Speaker of the House of Representatives (HoR), Aqeela Saleh, announced a new peace initiative for Libya and declared that a ceasefire would...
by Jason | Jun 10, 2020 | Libyan actors
On 3 June, the Government of National Accord (GNA) Volcano of Rage spokesperson, Mohamed Qanounu, announced that GNA forces had taken control of Tripoli International Airport (TIA) following heavy clashes with Libyan National Army (LNA) forces at the location. The...
by Jason | Jun 3, 2020 | ISIS
On 29 May, ISIS released its al-Naba issue no 236 in which they claimed responsibility for a series of attacks in southern Libya, including two attacks on businesses in Umm al-Aranib, an improvised explosive device (IED) attack on a police headquarters in Taraghin,...
by Jason | Jun 3, 2020 | Other Jihadi Actors
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by Jason | Jun 3, 2020 | International actors
On 29 May, the US State Department commended the Government of Malta’s announcement on 26 May of its seizure of $1.1 billion of counterfeit Libyan currency printed by Joint Stock Company Goznak—a Russian state-owned company—which the State Department noted had been...
by Jason | Jun 3, 2020 | Libyan actors
On 1 June, United Nations Support Mission for Libya (UNSMIL) released a statement welcoming agreement from both the Government of National Accord (GNA) and the Libyan National Army (LNA) to resume ceasefire talks and related security arrangements based on the 5 + 5...
