by Jason | Nov 20, 2019 | International actors
On 13 November, high-level representatives of the US State Department held a US-Libya Security Dialogue in Washington, DC with the Government of National Accord (GNA), led by Minister of Interior Fathi Bashaaga and Foreign Minister Mohamed Siyala. On 14 November, the...
by Jason | Nov 20, 2019 | Libyan actors
On 12 November, the LNA intensified its push into the southern Tripoli moving on Khalla, the Swehli crossroads and Naher fronts. On 15 November, the LNA launched multiple airstrikes with one targeting and destroying an ammunition depot at a military camp in Tajoura....
by Jason | Nov 13, 2019 | ISIS
In a rare interview published last week, the leader of the so-called Libyan National Army (LNA), Khalifa Haftar, said that with regard to ISIS in Libya, the LNA is cooperating with Chad and Sudan to share important intelligence information, as well as cooperating on...
by Jason | Nov 13, 2019 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 10 November, pro-LNA media outlets reported new claims of Benghazi Defence Brigade (BDB) fighters being on the frontlines in Tripoli. In this instance, reports related to Moataz Jumaa Badi who was allegedly part of Wissam Bin Hamid’s Libya Shield 1 Brigade in...
by Jason | Nov 13, 2019 | International actors
In a rare interview on 4 November, the leader of the so-called Libyan National Army (LNA), Khalifa Haftar, said that Qatari and Turkish support to the Government of National Accord (GNA) will probably delay his troops’ advances, but will not prevent him from...
by Jason | Nov 13, 2019 | Libyan actors
In a rare interview on 4 November, leader of the so-called Libyan National Army (LNA), Khalifa Haftar, said that there was no doubt that the LNA would win the current conflict. On 5 November, the LNA launched aerial attacks targeting a military facility east of...
by Jason | Nov 6, 2019 | ISIS
On 2 November, the Ras Lanuf Security Directorate confirmed that a mass grave had been discovered in the Aweijah area, west of Bin Jawad and east of Sirte. The remains of four bodies were recovered with reports claiming they were handcuffed and signs of bullet wounds...
by Jason | Nov 6, 2019 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 2 November, the Libyan National Army’s (LNA) Military Information Division claimed a member of the Derna Mujahideen Shura Council (DMSC), Saad al-Tira (aka Abu al-Zubair), is fighting on the southern frontline among anti-LNA forces. Tira is thought to have been...
by Jason | Nov 6, 2019 | International actors
On 3 November, the head of the Government of National Accord (GNA), Fayez al-Serraj, and US Ambassador to Libya, Richard Norland, met in London. The meeting focused on ways to conclude the fighting in Tripoli amid the escalating involvement of external actors. The US...
by Jason | Nov 6, 2019 | Libyan actors
On 3 November, a spokesperson for the Government of National Accord’s (GNA) Volcano of Rage Operation said that the Libyan National Army (LNA) had conducted four airstrikes against Tripoli’s Mitiga airport, forcing a passenger plane flying from Tunisia to nearby...
