by Jason | Sep 18, 2019 | ISIS
On 11 September, a suspected attack by ISIS targeting Tripoli’s downtown area failed to occur following a warning to workers in the area and the distribution of a letter addressed to the National Oil Corporation (NOC) dated 4 September expressing concern over the...
by Jason | Sep 18, 2019 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 15 September, an alleged Ansar al-Sharia affiliate, Yousef Abdul Salam Tarhouni (aka Yousef al-Akbab) was killed during an aerial attack on the defunct Tripoli International Airport in southern Tripoli, along with four other alleged Benghazi Shura Council Members....
by Jason | Sep 18, 2019 | International actors
On 11 September, Germany’s ambassador to Libya announced that Germany would host a conference on Libya in conjunction with the UN as a follow on to this year’s General Assembly discussions (to be held next week in New York City). Details about the proposed conference...
by Jason | Sep 18, 2019 | Libyan actors
On 13 September, the commander of the Libyan National Army’s (LNA) 9th Brigade Abdel Wahab al-Magari, the commander of the 7th Brigade/Kani militia Mohsen Kani and his brother Abdel Adeem Kani were killed in southern Tripoli. There is some ambiguity as to the cause of...
by Jason | Sep 11, 2019 | ISIS
On 5 September, Sirte Security forces arrested four individuals including a woman, Iman Daw al-Qamati, for allegedly assisting ISIS in the second residential district of Sirte. However, there are several other conflicting reports about the cause of their arrests from...
by Jason | Sep 11, 2019 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 7 September, media outlets reported that Islam Saleh Hassan al-Hassadi (aka Barjum) had been killed in the fighting on the Ain Zara Axis of Tripoli. Barjum was born in 1991 in Derna and thought to have joined Ansar al-Sharia in late 2012 along with his brother...
by Jason | Sep 11, 2019 | International actors
On 8 September, the French newspaper Liberation published an interview with UN Special Envoy to Libya, Ghassan Salame, who stated his belief that a political agreement between the head of the Libyan National Army (LNA), Khalifa Haftar and the Government of National...
by Jason | Sep 11, 2019 | Libyan actors
On 7 September, the anti-LNA coalition launched a coordinated assault against LNA forces in southern Tripoli, attempting to make advances in Ain Zara, Wadi Rabea, Al-Khala, Espiaa and Souq al-Khamis while also expanding to al-Orban east of Ghariyan. While fighting was...
by Jason | Sep 4, 2019 | ISIS
On 29 August, the UN published a report outlining the UN Secretary General’s (UNSG) overview of the Libyan crisis as presented to the UN Security Council on 26 August. The report claimed there “was a significant increase in the number of attacks by Islamic State in...
by Jason | Sep 4, 2019 | Other Jihadi Actors
No notable incidents occurred this week.
