by Jason | Apr 15, 2020 | International actors
On 13 April, photos circulated online purportedly showing fighters from the Syrian towns of Jaba, Mamtinah, and Mashara on route to Libya to fight for the Libyan National Army (LNA). It has been alleged that as many as 350 formerly anti-Assad fighters from Quneitra...
by Jason | Apr 15, 2020 | Libyan actors
On 13 April, armed groups aligned to the Government of National Accord (GNA) claimed to have captured the pro-Libyan National Army (LNA) towns of Sabratha, Surman, al-Ajilat, al-Jamil, Qirdalin, Zelten, al-Aassa and Mellitah in north-western Libya. The LNA also lost...
by Jason | Apr 8, 2020 | ISIS
On 5 April, alleged Islamic State (ISIS) member, Faraj Abdussalam al-Derawi, was killed on the Wadi Rabea axis in southern Tripoli. Reports claim he was fighting within the anti-LNA 120 Zliten battalion at the time of his death.
by Jason | Apr 8, 2020 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 30 March, unverified Libyan news reports claimed the Tripoli-based Special Deterrence Force (Rada) released five members of the Benghazi Revolutionaries Shura Council (BRSC) and the Derna Revolutionaries Shura Council (DRSC): Tawif Moftah, Zaidan al-Fitouri, Ali...
by Jason | Apr 8, 2020 | International actors
On 2 April, the Government of National Accord’s (GNA) Foreign Minister, Mohamed Taher Siyala, said in a letter to the Security Council that the European Union’s (EU) new Operation Irini to deploy naval and aerial capacities to enforce the UN arms embargo on Libya...
by Jason | Apr 8, 2020 | Libyan actors
The first week of April has seen the highest number of aerial attacks over all the various battle fronts in Libya since the Libyan National Army (LNA) launched its assault on Tripoli in April 2019. There has been a total of 75 reported aerial incidents – 38 aerial...
by Jason | Apr 1, 2020 | ISIS
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by Jason | Apr 1, 2020 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 30 March, two employees of the National Oil Corporation (NOC) who were kidnapped from Sharara oil field in southwest Libya in 2018 were freed by Libyan National Army (LNA) forces. The employees are Libyan national, Ashraf Msallam, and Romanian national,...
by Jason | Apr 1, 2020 | International actors
On 26 March, ambassadors from 27 European Union (EU) countries came to an agreement to launch a naval mission – dubbed Operation Irini – to enforce the United Nations (UN) arms embargo on Libya. The mission will formally be launched on 31 March, just as the existing...
by Jason | Apr 1, 2020 | Libyan actors
On 25 March, Government of National Accord (GNA)-aligned forces launched multiple coordinated assaults on Libyan National Army (LNA) forces at Watiya airbase (west of Tripoli), in Abu Grein (east of Misrata) and in the south of Tripoli, in what has been dubbed as...
