by Jason | Jul 8, 2020 | ISIS
On 5 July, Misrata’s Joint Security Operations Room (JSOR) captured alleged Islamic State (ISIS) fighter, Omar Dabbous, who is alleged to have entered Libya in 2016 as a refugee from Syria. According to the JSOR, Dabbous was captured after details emerged that he was...
by Jason | Jul 8, 2020 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 28 June, families of Benghazi Revolutionaries Shura Council (BRSC) fighters detained for fighting against the Libyan National Army (LNA) aligned forces in Benghazi protested outside the courts in Sidi Saleem. The protesters claimed that the BRSC fighters had been...
by Jason | Jul 8, 2020 | International actors
On 3 July, Turkish Defence Minister, Hulusi Akar, and Turkish Chief of Staff, General Yasar Guler, made an unannounced visit to Tripoli to meet with senior Government of National Accord (GNA) officials and discuss the Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) between Turkey...
by Jason | Jul 8, 2020 | Libyan actors
In the early hours of 5 July, Watiya airbase was attacked with several waves of aerial attacks. The alleged target was the al-Nadab barracks at the airbase, where Turkish personnel had set up their operations after the site was captured by Government of National...
by Jason | Jul 2, 2020 | ISIS
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by Jason | Jul 2, 2020 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 23 June, the Counter-Terrorism Unit of the Joint Security Operations Room, in cooperation with the Government of National Accord’s (GNA) Ministry of Interior Security Operations Department. arrested a Tunisian national suspected of being an al-Qaeda member in...
by Jason | Jul 2, 2020 | International actors
On 25 June, a convoy of Russian and other foreign mercenaries entered Sharara oilfield and met with representatives of the Petroleum Facilities Guard (PFG). The National Oil Corporation (NOC) said that it was “deeply concerned” by the presence of these...
by Jason | Jul 2, 2020 | Libyan actors
On 29 June, the National Oil Corporation (NOC) confirmed that there have been ongoing negotiations to resume oil production over the past few weeks between the Government of National Accord (GNA), the NOC and regional countries, under the supervision of the UN and the...
by Jason | Jun 24, 2020 | International actors
On 20 June, Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi stated that Egypt has the legitimate right to intervene in Libya and ordered his forces to be on alert to undertake activity in Libya if required. At a military airbase in Marsa Matrouh, located around 200km east of...
by Jason | Jun 24, 2020 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 20 June, a 25-year old Libyan national named Khairi Saadallah was arrested in the UK after stabbing multiple people in a park in Reading, leaving three victims dead. He was initially arrested on suspicion of murder, but he has now been rearrested under section 41...
