by Jason | Mar 12, 2019 | International actors
On 7 March, the US company Culmen International received a US State Department Bureau of Counterterrorism and Countering Violent Extremism award to provide security to Mitiga, Tripoli International and Misrata airports. The contract involves the monitoring of...
by Jason | Mar 12, 2019 | Libyan actors
On 6 March, Mohamed Sallak, the spokesperson for the Government of National Accord (GNA) Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj, held a press conference to give further details about the so-called ‘Abu Dhabi Dialogue’, which occurred between Serraj and Khalifa Haftar on 27...
by Jason | Mar 5, 2019 | ISIS
On 28 February, ISIS published its al-Naba newsletter no. 171, which featured an article titled “The fate of Sirte is not the fate Derna.” The article is critical of the al-Qaeda aligned groups who occupied Derna along with ISIS till the latter was expelled from the...
by Jason | Mar 5, 2019 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 26 February, Al-Qaeda affiliated armed groups mobilized 130km east of Misrata according to Libyan National Army (LNA) spokesperson, Ahmed al-Mesmari. Al-Mesmari claimed the LNA’s Air Force would undertake strikes on their positions.
by Jason | Mar 5, 2019 | International actors
On 27 February, Libyan National Army (LNA) head Khalifa Haftar and Government of National Accord (GNA) Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj met in Abu Dhabi under the auspice of UN envoy to Libya Ghassan Salame. UNSMIL said that both parties agreed to end the transitional...
by Jason | Mar 5, 2019 | Libyan actors
On 3 March, the Libyan National Army (LNA) claimed that it had entered the town of Qatrun peacefully and was welcomed by locals. In a statement coinciding with the claim, the group said its aim was to “cleanse the south from the grip of terrorist groups and...
by Jason | Feb 26, 2019 | ISIS
On 19 February, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, Mikhail Bogdanov, stated that ISIS in Libya was “boosting ties with al-Qaeda which is raising its head near the Oil Crescent.” Bogdanov was talking at a Middle East conference at Club Valdai. On 26 February, Tunisian...
by Jason | Feb 26, 2019 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 25 February, Misratan security forces arrested suspected al-Qaeda member, Ayman Abu Amoud, who is thought to have been involved in the kidnapping of the Jordanian ambassador to Libya, Fawaz al-Itan, in 2014. Abu Amoud had previously been imprisoned in Abu Salim...
by Jason | Feb 26, 2019 | International actors
On 22 February, ministers from Libya, Niger, Sudan and Chad signed the executive regulations of a new Joint Operations Centre for securing Libya’s common border with Niger, Chad and Sudan. According to the Government of National Accord’s (GNA) Foreign Ministry, a...
by Jason | Feb 26, 2019 | Libyan actors
On 20 February, the Libyan National Army (LNA) claimed to have taken control of Murzuq after clashes with the South Protection Force (SPF). However, the LNA withdrew from the city that evening. Clashes resumed for the following two days, with the LNA taking control of...
