by Jason | Jul 16, 2019 | ISIS
On 11 July, ISIS released its al-Naba newsletter no 190, which featured a eulogy for Abu Assem al Sudani (aka Mohamed Bin Ahmed al-Falata). The Sudanese national was allegedly one of the ISIS Libya’s media officers and was killed fighting against LNA force in southern...
by Jason | Jul 16, 2019 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 11 July, three explosive packages were detonated at the Huwari cemetery in Benghazi during the funeral of a former Special Forces commander under Qadhafi, Khalifa Mismari. According to the LNA spokesperson, Ahmed Mesmari, four people were killed and 33 wounded in...
by Jason | Jul 16, 2019 | International actors
On 16 July, the Governments of Egypt, France, Italy, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United States issued a statement calling for an immediate de-escalation and halt to the current fighting, urging the prompt return to the UN-mediated political...
by Jason | Jul 16, 2019 | Libyan actors
On 15 July, the World Health Organisation (WHO) reported that since the clashes began in Tripoli at the start of April, over 1093 people have been killed, including 106 civilians, with as many as 5752 people injured. More than 100000 people have been displaced....
by Jason | Jul 9, 2019 | ISIS
On 6 July, Islamic State’s (ISIS) Libya ‘wilayat’ (province) released a 4:52 minute video titled, “And the Best Outcome Is for the Righteous” where they renewed their pledge of allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi following his order for obedience from all of ISIS’s...
by Jason | Jul 9, 2019 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 7 July, Libyan National Army (LNA)-aligned security forces in Sabratha reportedly arrested an extremist sleeper cell with a trove of weapons and ammunition planning to launch a terrorist attack in Sabratha. However, alternative reports suggest the cell was a...
by Jason | Jul 9, 2019 | International actors
On 7 July, the UN’s Deputy Envoy to Libya, Stephanie Williams, met with members of the eastern-based House of Representatives (HoR) as part of a 3-day tour of eastern Libya where she visited Derna, Benghazi, Shahat and Tubruq. The meetings involved discussions on...
by Jason | Jul 9, 2019 | Libyan actors
Despite the Libyan National Army’s (LNA) loss of Ghariyan in late June, the main frontlines of clashes in Tripoli’s southern suburbs have remained relatively static over the last week. Following the loss of Ghariyan, the LNA has relocated and re-established their...
by Jason | Jul 2, 2019 | ISIS
On 26 June, the US Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Paul Selva, reportedly told a group of reporters in Washington that the US administration is seeing a “small resurgence of those [ISIS] camps in the central region” following the Libyan National Army’s...
by Jason | Jul 2, 2019 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 23 June, unconfirmed reports suggested a prominent Al-Qaeda member, Adel Al-Hanashi, has been fighting amongst GNA-aligned forces against the LNA in the Tripoli suburb of Aziziyah. Al-Hanashi is said to have lived in Yemen in the 90’s and then under the name of...
