by Jason | Jul 30, 2019 | International actors
On 29 July, in a lengthy address to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), the UN Envoy to Libya Ghassan Salame proposed a three-part immediate action to end the current conflict, which has left nearly 1100 dead, including 106 civilians. First, he called for a...
by Jason | Jul 30, 2019 | Libyan actors
On 24 July, the head of the Libyan National Army (LNA), Khalifa Haftar, gave a pre-recorded speech on television where he claimed the forces the LNA is combating are “the most ferocious enemy on earth”. The speech saw Haftar reiterate his commitment to continue the...
by Jason | Jul 23, 2019 | ISIS
On 16 July, former Iraqi Minister Baqr Jaber al-Zubeidi claimed Islamic State (ISIS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is hiding in Libya. Al-Zubeidi suggests ISIS has shifted it focus to North Africa in an attempt to establish a new caliphate in the region. This follows a...
by Jason | Jul 23, 2019 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 17 July, Hashem Abedi, the brother of the suicide bomber Salman Abedi who blew himself up at a concert the British city of Manchester in May 2017, was extradited from Libya to the UK. A spokesperson for the Special Deterrence Force (Rada), who had detained Hashem...
by Jason | Jul 23, 2019 | International actors
On 22 July, the UN Office for Project Service (UNOPS) on behalf of the UN Support Mission to Libya (UNSMIL) announced the reopening of bids for the selection of an international audit firm to audit the financial accounts of the competing Central Bank of Libya (CBL)...
by Jason | Jul 23, 2019 | Libyan actors
Throughout last week, there were reports of an imminent Libyan National Army (LNA) “second wave” assault on the capital, with LNA forces allegedly “ready and awaiting” to “storm” the capital within the coming days. On 18 July, the High Council of State (HCS) published...
by Jason | Jul 16, 2019 | ISIS
On 11 July, ISIS released its al-Naba newsletter no 190, which featured a eulogy for Abu Assem al Sudani (aka Mohamed Bin Ahmed al-Falata). The Sudanese national was allegedly one of the ISIS Libya’s media officers and was killed fighting against LNA force in southern...
by Jason | Jul 16, 2019 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 11 July, three explosive packages were detonated at the Huwari cemetery in Benghazi during the funeral of a former Special Forces commander under Qadhafi, Khalifa Mismari. According to the LNA spokesperson, Ahmed Mesmari, four people were killed and 33 wounded in...
by Jason | Jul 16, 2019 | International actors
On 16 July, the Governments of Egypt, France, Italy, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United States issued a statement calling for an immediate de-escalation and halt to the current fighting, urging the prompt return to the UN-mediated political...
by Jason | Jul 16, 2019 | Libyan actors
On 15 July, the World Health Organisation (WHO) reported that since the clashes began in Tripoli at the start of April, over 1093 people have been killed, including 106 civilians, with as many as 5752 people injured. More than 100000 people have been displaced....
