by Jason | Aug 12, 2020 | ISIS
No relevant developments.
by Jason | Aug 12, 2020 | Other Jihadi Actors
A photo was circulated on Libyan social media reportedly showing Benghazi Defence Brigades (BDB) commander Ziyad Balaam with a new prosthetic limb in Turkey. Claims have also been circulating that Balaam had his leg amputated in a hospital in Turkey in April.
by Jason | Aug 12, 2020 | International actors
On 4 August, US National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien said it had become clear that there was ‘no winning side’ in Libya’s conflict. In a statement, O’Brien said President Trump had discussed the need to de-escalate the situation in Libya in phone calls with French...
by Jason | Aug 12, 2020 | Libyan actors
Both the Government of National Accord (GNA) and the Libyan National Army (LNA) have continued to build up forces near Sirte and Jufra, the current conflict frontlines, over the course of the last week. Importantly, LNA forces are reported to have undertaken multiple...
by Jason | Aug 5, 2020 | ISIS
No relevant developments.
by Jason | Aug 5, 2020 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 31 July, a military court in Ajdabiya sentenced Ismail Bouzreeba al-Zway, a local photojournalist, to 15 years in prison on ‘vague terrorism charges’. Zway, who had privately expressed discontent with Libyan National Army (LNA) leader Khalifa Haftar’s rule, had...
by Jason | Aug 5, 2020 | International actors
On 30 July, the deputy spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, Alexey Zaytsev, stated that Russia and Turkey would be holding a third round of consultations on Libya in Moscow ‘in the near future’. Zaytsev denied allegations that Russia had violated the arms...
by Jason | Aug 5, 2020 | Libyan actors
On 1 August, the head of the Libyan National Army (LNA), Khalifa Haftar, made a visit to the LNA-aligned Tariq bin Ziyad battalion as part of a broader effort to visit all the units of the LNA in order to assess their preparedness. Haftar pledged to achieve victory,...
by Jason | Jul 29, 2020 | ISIS
No relevant developments.
by Jason | Jul 29, 2020 | Other Jihadi Actors
No relevant developments.
