by Jason | Jun 12, 2019 | ISIS
On 3 June, ISIS is suspected of undertaking an attack on the al-Fuqaha gate. This follows reports of a group of armed men establishing a fake checkpoint near the location. Both incidents remain unverified. On 4 June, ISIS is suspected of being involved in an...
by Jason | Jun 12, 2019 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 10 June, an Egyptian court has sentenced Mohammed Farouk and Ashraf al-Sayyed to three years in jail in what has been dubbed the “Returnees from Libya” case, with the convicted accused of participating in terrorism outside of Egypt and seeking to launch attacks...
by Jason | Jun 12, 2019 | International actors
On 7 June, a bipartisan group of eight members of the US House of Representatives sent an open letter to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo asking the White House to clarify its Libya position by clearly rejecting the Libyan National Army’s (LNA) military offensive...
by Jason | Jun 12, 2019 | Libyan actors
On 9 June, the World Health Organisation (WHO) reported the deaths of 653 people as a result of the clashes in Tripoli, 41 of them civilians. Another 3,547 have been wounded, 126 of them civilians. The clashes between the Libyan National Army (LNA) and anti-LNA forces...
by Jason | Jun 4, 2019 | ISIS
On 27 May, Misrata operations room in coordination with the central regions criminal investigation apparatus undertook a raid in Abu Grein, arresting alleged ISIS supporter Faris Belhaj (alias Khattab). On 28 May, the Misratan Central Counter-Terrorism Force arrested...
by Jason | Jun 4, 2019 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 28 May, the Libyan National Army (LNA) transferred former Egyptian Special Forces officer turned Egyptian jihadist, Hisham al-Ashmawy, over to Egyptian authorities. Ashmawi was captured by LNA forces in Derna on 8 October 2018. Described by some security officials...
by Jason | Jun 4, 2019 | International actors
On 31 May, the Tripoli-based US embassy Charge d’Affaires, Natalie Baker, issued a statement, saying the US is “deeply concerned” about the shelling of the National Oil Corporation (NOC) clinic in Tripoli, which took place on 24 May, as well as other recent attacks on...
by Jason | Jun 4, 2019 | Libyan actors
On 3 June, the World Health Organisation (WHO) stated that 607 people have been killed and 3,261 injured since the Libyan National Army (LNA) launched its assault on Tripoli on 4 April. On 3 June, the head of the Government of National Accord (GNA), Fayez al-Serraj,...
by Jason | May 28, 2019 | ISIS
On 23 May, ISIS released its al-Naba newsletter no. 183 that featured a report on the group’s raid on Libyan National Army (LNA) security forces near Zilla on 18 May. In the report, ISIS claim they ambushed the LNA troops near Fuqaha causing twenty deaths. On 26 May,...
by Jason | May 28, 2019 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 24 May, Libyan National Army forces killed Mohamed Mohamed Mahmoud Bin Dardaf, also known as “Al-Babour” in the al-Naqleya district of Tripoli. Dardaf was allegedly fighting with anti-LNA forces. A former prisoner in the Abu Salim prison, Dardaf has been linked to...
