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...
by Jason | Sep 9, 2020 | Libyan actors
On 3 September, the Presidential Council (PC) of the Government of National Accord (GNA) announced that the GNA’s Minister of Interior (MoI), Fathi Bashaagha, had been re-instated in his role after being suspended the previous week. The announcement came after a...
by Jason | Sep 9, 2020 | International actors
On 6 September, delegations representing the eastern-based House of Representatives (HoR), the High Council of State (HCS), and three advisors from the eastern region began discussions under the auspices of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) and...
by Jason | Sep 9, 2020 | Other Jihadi Actors
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by Jason | Sep 9, 2020 | ISIS
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by Jason | Sep 2, 2020 | ISIS
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by Jason | Sep 2, 2020 | Other Jihadi Actors
On the morning of 1 September, a suspected failed suicide bombing occurred close to a Government of National Accord (GNA)-aligned checkpoint at the Doran al-Ghariyan roundabout, near Janzour in western Tripoli. Initial reports claim the bomber was traveling on a...
by Jason | Sep 2, 2020 | International actors
On 27 August, the United States and United Nations co-chaired a meeting regarding the Berlin Process on Libya. During the meeting, the US welcomed calls by House of Representatives (HoR) Speaker Aqeela Saleh and Government of National Accord (GNA) head Fayez al-Serraj...
by Jason | Sep 2, 2020 | Libyan actors
On 28 August, Government of National Accord (GNA) Prime Minister and head of the Presidency Council (PC) Fayez al-Serraj announced that he was suspending Interior Minister Fathi Bashaagha and called for an investigation of Bashaagha’s handling of street protests....
by Jason | Aug 27, 2020 | ISIS
On 20 August, the British court sentenced 22-year old Hashem Abedi, the brother of Manchester Area bomber Salman Abedi, to jail for at least 55 years for the murder of 22 people. Abedi assisted his brother in the bombing, being described in court as being ‘just as...
