by Jason | Aug 7, 2019 | International actors
On 1 August, Libyan National Army (LNA) head Khalifa Haftar had a meeting with Sisi in Cairo. The two allegedly discussed Egypt’s international support and assistance in lifting the current arms embargo on Libya. They also agreed that the LNA will hand over to Egypt...
by Jason | Aug 7, 2019 | Libyan actors
On 2 August, the Libyan National Army (LNA) reported that it conducted several airstrikes on Government of National Accord (GNA)-aligned forces at Saddada, al-Shuwayrif, and al-Kararim, who were allegedly preparing to launch an assault on the LNA-controlled Jufra...
by Jason | Jul 30, 2019 | ISIS
On 26 July, the LNA announced the arrest of an alleged member of Islamic State’s (ISIS) religious police, Atiya Abdul Hamid Shalawi, in the Shiha neighbourhood of Derna. Shalawi was arrested in an ambush at dawn as he was trying to enter the city. On 29 July, the 24th...
by Jason | Jul 30, 2019 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 24 July, the Misratan Joint Security Force undertook a dawn raid against alleged al-Qaeda leaders in an undisclosed suburb of Tripoli. The GNA’s interior ministry stated that those arrested were connected to attacks launched in Tripoli. The primary target for the...
by Jason | Jul 30, 2019 | International actors
On 29 July, in a lengthy address to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), the UN Envoy to Libya Ghassan Salame proposed a three-part immediate action to end the current conflict, which has left nearly 1100 dead, including 106 civilians. First, he called for a...
by Jason | Jul 30, 2019 | Libyan actors
On 24 July, the head of the Libyan National Army (LNA), Khalifa Haftar, gave a pre-recorded speech on television where he claimed the forces the LNA is combating are “the most ferocious enemy on earth”. The speech saw Haftar reiterate his commitment to continue the...
by Jason | Jul 23, 2019 | ISIS
On 16 July, former Iraqi Minister Baqr Jaber al-Zubeidi claimed Islamic State (ISIS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is hiding in Libya. Al-Zubeidi suggests ISIS has shifted it focus to North Africa in an attempt to establish a new caliphate in the region. This follows a...
by Jason | Jul 23, 2019 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 17 July, Hashem Abedi, the brother of the suicide bomber Salman Abedi who blew himself up at a concert the British city of Manchester in May 2017, was extradited from Libya to the UK. A spokesperson for the Special Deterrence Force (Rada), who had detained Hashem...
by Jason | Jul 23, 2019 | International actors
On 22 July, the UN Office for Project Service (UNOPS) on behalf of the UN Support Mission to Libya (UNSMIL) announced the reopening of bids for the selection of an international audit firm to audit the financial accounts of the competing Central Bank of Libya (CBL)...
by Jason | Jul 23, 2019 | Libyan actors
Throughout last week, there were reports of an imminent Libyan National Army (LNA) “second wave” assault on the capital, with LNA forces allegedly “ready and awaiting” to “storm” the capital within the coming days. On 18 July, the High Council of State (HCS) published...
