by Jason | Oct 14, 2020 | Libyan actors
On 8 October, the Government of National Accord (GNA) Defence Minister, Saleh al-deen al-Namroush, reportedly warned that Libyan National Army (LNA) Commander Khalifa Haftar was preparing to launch an attack in the Bani Walid, Ghariyan and Tarhouna regions. Namroush...
by Jason | Oct 7, 2020 | ISIS
On 30 September, the Government of National Accord (GNA) Ministry of Defence’s Joint Force captured 5 alleged ISIS members south of Al-Jmayeel, near the Tunisian border. Those arrested include 2 Libyans, 2 Tunisians, and another African National. On 1 October, the LNA...
by Jason | Oct 7, 2020 | International actors
On 5 October, the United Nations (UN) and Germany began co-hosting a virtual ministerial-level meeting of the 16 countries and international organisations that took part in the Berlin Conference on Libya of January 2020. The meeting also included representatives from...
by Jason | Oct 7, 2020 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 3 October, the Libyan National Army’s (LNA) 116 Infantry Brigade claimed to have captured a ‘terrorist cell’ accused of undertaking civilian kidnappings and murders between Jufra and Sebha. According to reports, the captured group – comprising 3 Libyans and 7...
by Jason | Oct 7, 2020 | Libyan actors
On 3 October, HoR Speaker Aqeela Saleh met with the eastern-based interim government’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Abdul Hadi al-Huweij, to discuss preparation for a tribal conference to be held in Sirte on 10 October. This followed a...
by Jason | Sep 30, 2020 | ISIS
On 24 September Youssef Hussein Saleh, commander of the Salafi-Madkhali Khalid Bin Walid Brigade, survived an assassination attempt in the Nassriya district of Sebha. Saleh was shot in the shoulder. The assassination attempt was allegedly orchestrated by ISIS-Libya...
by Jason | Sep 30, 2020 | Other Jihadi Actors
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by Jason | Sep 30, 2020 | International actors
On 27 September, a second round of United Nations (UN)-mediated meetings was set to occur in Bouznika, Morocco, but was delayed until 29 September due to alleged disagreements concerning either the meeting’s agenda or the makeup of the House of Representatives (HoR)...
by Jason | Sep 30, 2020 | Libyan actors
On 28 September, military and police delegations from western and eastern Libya met in Egypt, in the Red Sea resort town of Hurghada, to begin 3-day discussions centred on military and security issues under the auspices of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL)....
by Jason | Sep 23, 2020 | Libyan actors
On the evening of 16 September, Government of National Accord (GNA)/ and Presidential Council (PC) head Fayez al-Serraj announced on live television that he would ‘hand over’ his duties ‘to the next executive authority no later than the end of October.’ Serraj...
