by Jason | Feb 5, 2019 | International actors
On 3 February, the French Defence Ministry announced French fighter jets had launched airstrikes on armed groups that entered northern Chad from Libya following a request from the Chad government. The targets were said to have been moving in a column of 40 pickups. On...
by Jason | Feb 5, 2019 | Libyan actors
The Libyan National Army (LNA) mobile force continued to advance southward into the Murzuq region last week, entering Ghaduwwa town on 31 January. Many of the local Tebu in the town welcomed the LNA. However, the LNA has met resistance from Tebu fighters, in...
by Jason | Jan 29, 2019 | ISIS
On 27 January, a Tunisian government delegation travelled to the Libyan Red Crescent branch in Misrata to complete repatriation procedures for children whose Tunisian parents fought for ISIS in Sirte. The children have been housed in the Care and Custody unit of the...
by Jason | Jan 29, 2019 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 27 January, the Libyan National Army (LNA) claim to have killed al-Qaeda in the Islamic Magreb (AQIM) field commander Adel Ahmad al-Abdali (aka Abu Az-Zubeir al-Libi) during a raid by Deterrence Forces on suspected terrorists in the Hijarah area of Sebha. In the...
by Jason | Jan 29, 2019 | International actors
On 26 January, France announced it is planning to reopen its embassy in Libya this year, according to French Ambassador to Libya Beautice du Hellene. The announcement was made during a meeting with the Government of National Accord’s Minister of Economy and Industry,...
by Jason | Jan 29, 2019 | Libyan actors
On 23 January, the Libyan National Army (LNA) spokesman Ahmed al-Mismari labelled UN Envoy to Libya Ghassan Salame as an ‘opponent’ and a part of the Libyan crisis. Mismari said that the LNA would not leave Libya like Lebanon, as ‘a country of militias and multiple...
by Jason | Jan 22, 2019 | ISIS
On 17 January, the Libyan National Army (LNA) claimed to have killed the commander of ISIS’s desert brigades and the head of its “Soldiers and Military Diwan”, Mahdi Rajab Danqou (aka Abu al-Barakat) in al-Shaati. Danqou’s death remains unconfirmed and it has been...
by Jason | Jan 22, 2019 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 17 January, the Libyan National Army (LNA) claimed to have killed senior al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) member Abdelmonem al-Hasnawi (aka Abu Tallha al-Libi) during raids in southern Libya. Al-Hasnawi’s death remains unconfirmed and has been reported on...
by Jason | Jan 22, 2019 | International actors
On 18 January, German Chancellor Angela Merkel stated that Germany’s policy approach to Libya follows a similar style as the Italian government. Merkel made the statement following a meeting with the Italian President Sergio Mattarella in Berlin, with the Chancellor...
by Jason | Jan 22, 2019 | Libyan actors
Over the last week, the Libyan National Army (LNA) has continued to consolidate its presence in and around Sebha as a part of its campaign to secure the southern region. On 15 January, the LNA’s Sebha Military Region ordered all security forces and armed groups in the...
