by Jason | Oct 24, 2019 | ISIS
On 14 October, the Misratan Counter-Terrorism Forces (CTF) arrested a man in Sirte on the suspicion that he was a member of ISIS. The CTF claimed to have been tracking the individual, and said he had fled Sirte when the Banyan al-Marsous (BAM) forces liberated it from...
by Jason | Oct 24, 2019 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 16 October, undated photos circulated on social media suggesting Zeyad Belaam, the founder of the Benghazi Defence Brigades (BDB) and former leader of Benghazi Shura Revolutionary Council, was fighting alongside anti-LNA coalition forces on the frontlines of...
by Jason | Oct 24, 2019 | International actors
On 16 October, NOC chairman Mustafa Sanallah met with key US officials in Washington to discuss the potential increase of oil outputs, investment opportunities and transparency in the Libyan oil sector. The high-profile meeting gathered senior US officials from the US...
by Jason | Oct 24, 2019 | Libyan actors
On 21 October, the Government of National Accord’s (GNA) Ambassador to Italy, Omar Tarhouni, stated that the planned international conference on Libya to be held in Berlin will occur in April 2020. This coincided with contrasting claims by Italian Ministry of Interior...
by Jason | Oct 16, 2019 | ISIS
On 10 October, an anonymous US defence official spoke to reporters concerning the status of ISIS-Libya and the effect of recent US AFRICOM airstrikes in southern Libya which served to “keep pressure” on the group. The strikes reportedly killed 43 ISIS fighters, with...
by Jason | Oct 16, 2019 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 13 October, Khalif Mahjoub, the Director of the Libyan National Army’s (LNA) al-Karama Operations Room Media Centre, expressed concern that Turkey might attempt to transfer hundreds of extremists belonging to Jabhat al-Nusra from northern Syria to western Libya,...
by Jason | Oct 16, 2019 | International actors
The planned “Berlin Conference” on Libya will be delayed until at least November, or even as late as early 2020 according to some reports, despite originally being slated for this October. Germany is now looking to hold a pre-conference meeting with international...
by Jason | Oct 16, 2019 | Libyan actors
On 14 October, suspected Libyan National Army (LNA) aerial attacks struck a house in the al-Furnaj neighbourhood of Tripoli, killing three children and their mother, and injuring another child. The house was adjacent to a military intelligence camp, which remained...
by Jason | Oct 10, 2019 | Other Jihadi Actors
No significant developments.
by Jason | Oct 10, 2019 | ISIS
On 1 October, the commander of the al-Bunyan al-Marsous forces, Adel Boushema, told Italian media that forces patrolling south of Sirte had recently identified “suspicious terrorist movements.” Boushema claimed the recent spate of US Africa Command (US AFRICOM)...
