by Jason | Aug 14, 2019 | ISIS
On 6 August, the Misrata Counter-Terrorism force arrested two suspected Islamic State (ISIS) operatives, Ismail Omran and Hatem Ismal Thuraya, in Sirte. Omran was arrested at a mosque close to his home, while Thuraya was arrested in his family home in the Suwa area....
by Jason | Aug 14, 2019 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 10 August, a car bomb explosion in front of a shopping mall near the Commerce and Investment Bank in the Hawari area of Benghazi killed at least three UN staff members. The explosion occurred near the busy Hawari main hospital and targeted a UN convoy. According to...
by Jason | Aug 14, 2019 | International actors
On 8 August, the UN Envoy to Libya, Ghassan Salame, briefed the UN Security Council via video link from Tripoli on the state of the planned UN-brokered ceasefire for the Eid al-Adha holiday (11 – 13 August). He said that a new comprehensive security plan for the...
by Jason | Aug 14, 2019 | Libyan actors
On 9 August, the Government of National Accord (GNA) accepted the UN’s call for a temporary ceasefire for Eid. On 10 August, the head of the Libyan National Army (LNA), Khalifa Haftar, announced that his forces would temporarily cease military operations during...
by Jason | Aug 7, 2019 | ISIS
On 3 August, the Misratan Counter-Terrorism Force, with the assistance of the Sirte Protection Force (SPF), claimed to have arrested an alleged member of ISIS in Sirte.
by Jason | Aug 7, 2019 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 31 July, Government of National Accord (GNA) head Fayez al-Serraj presented UN Envoy to Libya, Ghassan Salame, with a memorandum protesting the latter’s assertions to the UNSC that there are terrorists fighting within the ranks of the GNA-aligned forces. On 4...
by Jason | Aug 7, 2019 | International actors
On 1 August, Libyan National Army (LNA) head Khalifa Haftar had a meeting with Sisi in Cairo. The two allegedly discussed Egypt’s international support and assistance in lifting the current arms embargo on Libya. They also agreed that the LNA will hand over to Egypt...
by Jason | Aug 7, 2019 | Libyan actors
On 2 August, the Libyan National Army (LNA) reported that it conducted several airstrikes on Government of National Accord (GNA)-aligned forces at Saddada, al-Shuwayrif, and al-Kararim, who were allegedly preparing to launch an assault on the LNA-controlled Jufra...
by Jason | Jul 30, 2019 | ISIS
On 26 July, the LNA announced the arrest of an alleged member of Islamic State’s (ISIS) religious police, Atiya Abdul Hamid Shalawi, in the Shiha neighbourhood of Derna. Shalawi was arrested in an ambush at dawn as he was trying to enter the city. On 29 July, the 24th...
by Jason | Jul 30, 2019 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 24 July, the Misratan Joint Security Force undertook a dawn raid against alleged al-Qaeda leaders in an undisclosed suburb of Tripoli. The GNA’s interior ministry stated that those arrested were connected to attacks launched in Tripoli. The primary target for the...
