by Jason | Jan 15, 2019 | ISIS
On 7 January, the Tripoli-based Special Deterrence Forces (Rada) released information on individuals suspected of participating in and orchestrating recent ISIS attacks against the National Oil Corporation, High National Elections Councils, the Foreign Ministry in...
by Jason | Jan 15, 2019 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 10 January, Tripoli’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) evacuated the Dhat al-Imad office complex following reports of a “terrorist” bomb threat. After the deployment of security forces to the area, CID declared the area safe and that “no security...
by Jason | Jan 15, 2019 | International actors
On 13 January, UN Envoy, Ghassan Salame, travelled to southern Libya for meetings with local officials and dignitaries in his first visit to the region since his appointment in June 2018. While there, the envoy called for alternative state institutions after...
by Jason | Jan 15, 2019 | Libyan actors
On 15 January, Libyan National Army (LNA) spokesman Ahmed al-Mismari confirmed that an LNA operation to liberate southern Libya from “terrorist” groups is underway. Mismari advised civilians to avoid known militant bases, such as Sebha, and urged local hospitals to...
by Jason | Jan 8, 2019 | ISIS
On 1 January, the Libyan National Army (LNA) undertook security operations around Ghadduwah, 70 km south of Sebha, that resulted in the rescue of as many as 20 civilians captured by ISIS during attacks by the group on al-Fuqaha and Tazerbu late last year. The LNA...
by Jason | Jan 8, 2019 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 7 January, security forces arrested a former member of Ansar al-Sharia, Amad al-Ghariyani, aka “al-Zubeir”, in a house in Zawiyya. Al-Ghariyani was handed over to the Special Deterrence Forces (Rada) in Tripoli. On 2 January, Nigeria’s Defence Minister, Kla Mawari,...
by Jason | Jan 8, 2019 | International actors
On 6 January, the head of the Government of National Accord (GNA) Fayez al-Serraj met with Russia’s Ambassador to Libya, Ivan Molotkov, to discuss bilateral relations, economic reforms and the current political situation in Libya. Molotkov is reported to have...
by Jason | Jan 8, 2019 | Libyan actors
On 3 January, the Attorney General issued arrest warrants for 31 members of Chadian and Sudanese opposition groups and 6 Libyan nationals, including Ibrahim Jadhran and Abdul Hakim Belhaj. Abdel Hakim Belhaj was formerly a commander of the Libyan Islamic Fighting...
by Jason | Jan 1, 2019 | ISIS
On 27 December, ISIS’s al-Naba newsletter no. 162 outlined details of the group’s attack on Libya’s Foreign Ministry in Tripoli on 25 December that left three dead and twenty-one injured. The group claimed to have inflicted 31 casualties and vowed to extract revenge...
by Jason | Jan 1, 2019 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 24 December, the Libyan National Army’s (LNA) 73 Brigade clashed with Benghazi Defence Brigades (BDB) forces in Wadi Dinar, southeast of Bani Walid. Details of causalities remain unknown at this time. However, the Municipal Council of Bani Walid has denied the...
