by Jason | Jan 2, 2020 | International actors
On 17 December, the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Di Maio visited Libya and met with the head of Government of National Accord (GNA), Fayez al-Serraj and the head of the Libyan National Army (LNA), Khalifa Haftar. He urged all parties to immediately de-escalate...
by Jason | Jan 2, 2020 | Libyan actors
On 19 December, the Government of National Accord (GNA) approved the security cooperation deal with Turkey and on 26 December, it formally requested Turkish ground, naval and aerial support for its forces fighting against the LNA in Tripoli. The same day, Turkish...
by Jason | Dec 18, 2019 | ISIS
On 13 December, the Special Tasks Force (CID) in Benghazi arrested two men under the suspicion of smuggling funds outside Libya for an ISIS fighter via an alleged Egyptian national. During the arrests, arms and ammunition were recovered at the suspects’ homes....
by Jason | Dec 18, 2019 | Other Jihadi Actors
During the last week, unconfirmed reports circulated suggesting Tripoli’s Special Deterrence Force (Rada) released 29 members of the Benghazi Revolutionaries Shura Council (BRSC) from Mitiga prison in Tripoli on an unspecified date. This follows calls from Grand...
by Jason | Dec 18, 2019 | International actors
On 12 December, the European Council released a statement condemning the maritime deal between the Government of National Accord (GNA) and Turkey, which was approved by the Turkish government on 5 December. It said that the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) “infringes...
by Jason | Dec 18, 2019 | Libyan actors
On 12 December, in a brief televised video on the pro-LNA al-Hadath TV channel, the head of the Libyan National Army (LNA) Khalifa Haftar announced a new ‘Zero Hour’ for all his units stationed in southern Tripoli. Haftar told his troops that “today we...
by Jason | Dec 11, 2019 | ISIS
On 3 December, the family of Sirte engineer Iman Daw al-Qamati confirmed that she had been acquitted of allegations of being affiliated with ISIS . Qamati had returned home the previous day after spending time in a prison in Misrata. On 5 September, Misratan security...
by Jason | Dec 11, 2019 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 2 December, anti-LNA forces allegedly arrested two Benghazi Revolutionary Shura Council (BRSC) members who attacked the Central Support Forces of Tajoura in response to the latters arrest of suspected Ansar al-Sharia and Islamic State general coordinator, Emad...
by Jason | Dec 11, 2019 | International actors
On 7 December, US Army General, Stephen Townsend stated that he believed Russian air defence systems were responsible for shooting down an American unarmed drone over Tripoli in November and has called for the aircraft’s wreckage to be returned. Townsend believes...
by Jason | Dec 11, 2019 | Libyan actors
On 9 December, the National Oil Corporation (NOC) declared force majeure on crude loadings from Mellitah port after the 73,000bpd al-Feel oilfield went offline on 5 December due to “an unlawful valve closure on the export pipeline from al-Feel field to Mellitah...
