by Jason | Dec 11, 2018 | ISIS
On 8 December, ISIS executed six of the ten men they abducted from the town of Fuqaha on 28 October after their demands to release their comrades was rejected by the Libyan National Army (LNA). On 3 December, ISIS released a eulogy for Abu Abdallah al-Ansar in its...
by Jason | Dec 11, 2018 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 6 December, Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) released a statement denying any links to those killed in the US Africa Command (AFRICOM) air strikes on 29 November near al-Uwaynat. On 29 November, AFRICOM, in coordination with the Government of National Accord...
by Jason | Dec 11, 2018 | International actors
On 5 December, the head of the Libyan National Army (LNA), Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, arrived in Rome for an unannounced two-day visit. During that time Haftar met with the US Ambassador to Tunisia, Daniel Rubinstein. On the 6 December, Haftar met with Italian...
by Jason | Dec 11, 2018 | Libyan actors
On 4 December, the commander of the Libyan National Army’s (LNA) Kufra Military Region stated that his forces had removed “terrorist” elements from the area around Tazirbu following the assault on the town by ISIS late last month. On 5 December, the eastern-based...
by Jason | Dec 4, 2018 | ISIS
On 1 December, the Libyan National Army arrested five ISIS members in Ubari. The arrests were made while security forces patrolled the road between Ubari and Ghat. The five arrested were described as being of African decent. On 29 November, ISIS released...
by Jason | Dec 4, 2018 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 1 December, a Benghazi Defense Brigade convoy of 40 vehicles was observed driving along the coastal road from Tawergha to Misrata. The Benghazi Defence Brigade was formed in May 2016 to support the Benghazi Revolutionaries Shura Council retake the city of Benghazi...
by Jason | Dec 4, 2018 | International actors
On 29 November, US Africa Command (AFRICOM), in coordination with the Government of National Accord (GNA), conducted an airstrike killing eleven al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) members and destroying three vehicles near al-Uwaynat in southern Libya. Local...
by Jason | Dec 4, 2018 | Libyan actors
On 29 November, the Tobruk-based House of Representatives (HoR) handed over the Constitution Referendum Law to the High Election Commission (HNEC). In doing so, the HoR concluded its constitution duty as laid forth by the 2011 Transitional Constitution Declaration....
by Jason | Nov 27, 2018 | ISIS
On 23 November, Islamic State (ISIS) fighters launched an assault on the town of Tazirbu, an oasis in Libya’s south-east some 250km north-west of Kufra, leaving at least 8 people dead, 11 wounded and 17 kidnapped. Arriving in as many as 15 vehicles the assailants took...
by Jason | Nov 27, 2018 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 17 November, the Libyan National Army (LNA) undertook three airstrikes targeting an “al-Qaeda-linked group” suspected to be the Benghazi Defence Brigades (BDB) at Sadada, near Misrata. The LNA claims the group were behind several recent attacks and that a...
