by Jason | Jul 9, 2019 | ISIS
On 6 July, Islamic State’s (ISIS) Libya ‘wilayat’ (province) released a 4:52 minute video titled, “And the Best Outcome Is for the Righteous” where they renewed their pledge of allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi following his order for obedience from all of ISIS’s...
by Jason | Jul 9, 2019 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 7 July, Libyan National Army (LNA)-aligned security forces in Sabratha reportedly arrested an extremist sleeper cell with a trove of weapons and ammunition planning to launch a terrorist attack in Sabratha. However, alternative reports suggest the cell was a...
by Jason | Jul 9, 2019 | International actors
On 7 July, the UN’s Deputy Envoy to Libya, Stephanie Williams, met with members of the eastern-based House of Representatives (HoR) as part of a 3-day tour of eastern Libya where she visited Derna, Benghazi, Shahat and Tubruq. The meetings involved discussions on...
by Jason | Jul 9, 2019 | Libyan actors
Despite the Libyan National Army’s (LNA) loss of Ghariyan in late June, the main frontlines of clashes in Tripoli’s southern suburbs have remained relatively static over the last week. Following the loss of Ghariyan, the LNA has relocated and re-established their...
by Jason | Jul 2, 2019 | ISIS
On 26 June, the US Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Paul Selva, reportedly told a group of reporters in Washington that the US administration is seeing a “small resurgence of those [ISIS] camps in the central region” following the Libyan National Army’s...
by Jason | Jul 2, 2019 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 23 June, unconfirmed reports suggested a prominent Al-Qaeda member, Adel Al-Hanashi, has been fighting amongst GNA-aligned forces against the LNA in the Tripoli suburb of Aziziyah. Al-Hanashi is said to have lived in Yemen in the 90’s and then under the name of...
by Jason | Jul 2, 2019 | International actors
On 28 June, the Libyan National Army’s (LNA) spokesman, Ahmed al-Mismari, banned all commercial flights from Libya to Turkey and prohibited all Turkish ships from docking at Libyan ports. Moreover, Mismari claimed the LNA would attack any Turkish military personnel...
by Jason | Jul 2, 2019 | Libyan actors
On 26 June, the Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli announced that forces aligned with it had taken control of the town of Gharyan, situated around 90km south of Tripoli on the edge of the Nafusa mountains. The Libyan National Army’s (LNA) spokesperson,...
by Jason | Jun 25, 2019 | ISIS
On 23 June, ISIS published its latest al-Naba newsletter no. 187 which included details of its clashes with Libyan National Army (LNA) forces west of the Harouj mountains. ISIS claimed to have killed as many as 50 LNA fighters from five separate battalions. In an...
by Jason | Jun 25, 2019 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 25 June, Egyptian jihadist captured in Libya, Hisham el-Ashmawy, was put on trial in a military country in Egypt for his involvement in five terrorist attacks. Al-Ashmawy is accused of several attacks in Egypt including an assassination attempt on then Interior...
