by Jason | Feb 3, 2021 | Libyan actors
As the process to elect a new transitional executive authority began in Geneva, unease spread among GNA-aligned groups and skirmishes took place in Tripoli. On 29 January, reports in Libyan media claimed that the UN-mediated 5+5 Joint Military Committee (JMC) would...
by Jason | Jan 27, 2021 | ISIS
No relevant developments
by Jason | Jan 27, 2021 | International actors
While there has been progress in the international community’s mediation of the Libya conflict with the LPDF opening nominations for a new executive authority, the withdrawal of foreign fighters- one of the central tenants of the October 23 ceasefire- has predictably...
by Jason | Jan 27, 2021 | Libyan actors
This week a series of meetings of delegations from the House of Representatives (HoR) and the High Council of State (HCS) were held in Morocco and Egypt, to discuss the constitutional settlement and proposals for the regional distribution of Libya’s sovereign...
by Jason | Jan 21, 2021 | ISIS
No relevant developments.
by Jason | Jan 21, 2021 | International actors
This week saw two key developments in the international community’s attempts to mediate the Libya conflict with the appointment of a new head of UNSMIL and the LPDF’s agreement on a mechanism for selecting the reformed Presidential Council. On 15 January, the UN...
by Jason | Jan 21, 2021 | Libyan actors
Tensions have been rising within Tripolitania’s various militias the GNA’s PM and Defence Minister have sought to allay them, but they have done so in ways that empower those very militias and make it likely that they can exert greater influence over Tripoli, the GNA,...
by Client Client | Jan 17, 2021 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 17 January, it was reported that charges have been laid by Egyptian prosecutors against three Egyptian nationals accused of joining terrorist groups in Libya. Two of the defendants are at large, while one is in custody in Egypt. They are accused of holding...
by Jason | Jan 13, 2021 | ISIS
On 8 January, Spanish police officers in Barcelona arrested three suspected ISIS members, two of whom held Libyan citizenship. The three men reportedly had combat experience in Syria and were accused of plotting a terrorist attack in Spain.
by Jason | Jan 13, 2021 | International actors
This week the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) held the second meeting of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) and affirmed that it foresaw the deployment of a monitoring mission to Libya. On 6 January, UNSMIL announced that it had convened the...
