by Jason | Aug 21, 2019 | ISIS
On 18 August, the Internal Security Agency in Ajdabiya arrested suspected terrorist Issa al-Shaghri (aka Issa Kaba) upon his return to the city to allegedly plan terror operations. Born in 1977, Kaba is an Ajdabiya resident, preacher, and employee of the Zueitina oil...
by Jason | Aug 21, 2019 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 16 August, an unknown armed group kidnapped two Chinese nationals in the desert 75 km south of the border town of Qatroun in southwest Libya. The Chinese nationals reportedly worked as chemical engineers at one of the gold mining sites in the area. Neither the...
by Jason | Aug 21, 2019 | International actors
On 17 August, the US Embassy in Libya announced that the new US Ambassador to Libya, Richard Norland, had assumed his duties on 14 August, following his nomination by the US President and confirmation by the US Senate. In a statement on 15 August, Norland said that...
by Jason | Aug 21, 2019 | Libyan actors
On 15 August, the Libyan National Army (LNA) conducted airstrikes on Zuwara Airport. LNA spokesman, Ahmed al-Mismari, claimed the strikes were targeting a hanger that was being used by Turkish Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and said that, “any location dealing with...
by Jason | Aug 14, 2019 | ISIS
On 6 August, the Misrata Counter-Terrorism force arrested two suspected Islamic State (ISIS) operatives, Ismail Omran and Hatem Ismal Thuraya, in Sirte. Omran was arrested at a mosque close to his home, while Thuraya was arrested in his family home in the Suwa area....
by Jason | Aug 14, 2019 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 10 August, a car bomb explosion in front of a shopping mall near the Commerce and Investment Bank in the Hawari area of Benghazi killed at least three UN staff members. The explosion occurred near the busy Hawari main hospital and targeted a UN convoy. According to...
by Jason | Aug 14, 2019 | International actors
On 8 August, the UN Envoy to Libya, Ghassan Salame, briefed the UN Security Council via video link from Tripoli on the state of the planned UN-brokered ceasefire for the Eid al-Adha holiday (11 – 13 August). He said that a new comprehensive security plan for the...
by Jason | Aug 14, 2019 | Libyan actors
On 9 August, the Government of National Accord (GNA) accepted the UN’s call for a temporary ceasefire for Eid. On 10 August, the head of the Libyan National Army (LNA), Khalifa Haftar, announced that his forces would temporarily cease military operations during...
by Jason | Aug 7, 2019 | ISIS
On 3 August, the Misratan Counter-Terrorism Force, with the assistance of the Sirte Protection Force (SPF), claimed to have arrested an alleged member of ISIS in Sirte.
by Jason | Aug 7, 2019 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 31 July, Government of National Accord (GNA) head Fayez al-Serraj presented UN Envoy to Libya, Ghassan Salame, with a memorandum protesting the latter’s assertions to the UNSC that there are terrorists fighting within the ranks of the GNA-aligned forces. On 4...
