by Jason | May 13, 2020 | International actors
On 7 May, the Libyan National Army (LNA) launched grad rockets into the Zawiyat Dahmani area of central Tripoli, striking within the vicinity of the Government of National Accord (GNA) Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Supreme Court, and the Turkish and Italian...
by Jason | May 13, 2020 | Libyan actors
On 11 May, the Libyan National Army (LNA) spokesperson, Ahmed Mismari, indicated in a public address that a deal had been brokered between the head of the LNA, Khalifa Haftar, and the chairman of the Tubruq- based House of Representatives (HoR), Aqeela Saleh. Mismari...
by Jason | May 6, 2020 | ISIS
On 28 April, the Government of National Accord (GNA) Ministry of Interior-aligned Special Deterrence Force (Rada), arrested suspected ISIS member Saaed Kamel Saaed Abdul Karim aka Aburami “Kimo” in Tripoli. Following questioning, he has since been handed over to the...
by Jason | May 6, 2020 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 22 April, the Libyan National Army (LNA) arrested suspected Egyptian militant Mohammed Mohamed al-Sayed aka Mohammed al-Senbekhti aka Abu Khaled Munir. He is believed to have been the “right-hand man” of executed Egyptian militant Hesham al-Ashmawi. It has been...
by Jason | May 6, 2020 | International actors
On 30 April, the Government of National Accord’s (GNA) Foreign Minister issued a statement on Twitter expressing “its objection & deep concern to the French Foreign Ministry about the sighting of a French fighter jet & refuelling aircraft over the skies of...
by Jason | May 6, 2020 | Libyan actors
On 29 April, the Libyan National Army (LNA) spokesperson, Ahmed al-Mismari, announced that the LNA had agreed to a humanitarian truce for Ramadan in response to international calls and had suspended all military operations across Libya. However, there are no...
by Jason | Apr 29, 2020 | ISIS
Over the last week, the Libyan National Army (LNA) continued to launch airstrikes in the Fezzan region with reports coming from Ubari and Ghaduwwa about airstrikes. Some reports suspected the targeted convoy of belonging to Ibrahim Jadhran’s forces and to be moving...
by Jason | Apr 29, 2020 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 20 April, members of the Benghazi Revolutionary Shura Council (BRSC) and Derna Mujahedeen Shura Council (DMSC) alleged to be fighting for the Government of National Accord (GNA)-aligned forces were killed near Sadawi, on the Ain Zara axis in Tripoli. It has been...
by Jason | Apr 29, 2020 | International actors
On 23 April, the head of the Tubruq-based House of Representatives (HoR), Aquila Saleh made a televised speech calling for domestic and international support for political reform. On 27 April, the acting UN Envoy to Libya, Stephanie Williams, welcomed Saleh’s...
by Jason | Apr 29, 2020 | Libyan actors
On 27 April, in a brief televised address on Libya al-Hadath TV, Libya National Army (LNA) head Khalifa Haftar claimed that the LNA had a “popular mandate” to rule Libya. Haftar declared the 2015 Shkirat Agreement, known as the Libyan Political Agreement (LPA), as a...
