by Jason | Aug 19, 2020 | Other Jihadi Actors
No relevant developments.
by Jason | Aug 19, 2020 | International actors
On 17 August, a German delegation led by Foreign Minister Heiko Maas began a two-day trip to Tripoli and Abu Dhabi to ‘make progress on the conflict in Libya.’ The delegation met with Government of National Accord (GNA) senior officials in Tripoli, including the...
by Jason | Aug 19, 2020 | Libyan actors
On 12 August, the head of the Libyan National Army (LNA), Khalifa Haftar, issued a decree promoting 448 LNA officers. Reports suggest that they were promoted because of their success in undertaking security and military operations. On 13 August, photographs outside of...
by Jason | Aug 12, 2020 | ISIS
No relevant developments.
by Jason | Aug 12, 2020 | Other Jihadi Actors
A photo was circulated on Libyan social media reportedly showing Benghazi Defence Brigades (BDB) commander Ziyad Balaam with a new prosthetic limb in Turkey. Claims have also been circulating that Balaam had his leg amputated in a hospital in Turkey in April.
by Jason | Aug 12, 2020 | International actors
On 4 August, US National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien said it had become clear that there was ‘no winning side’ in Libya’s conflict. In a statement, O’Brien said President Trump had discussed the need to de-escalate the situation in Libya in phone calls with French...
by Jason | Aug 12, 2020 | Libyan actors
Both the Government of National Accord (GNA) and the Libyan National Army (LNA) have continued to build up forces near Sirte and Jufra, the current conflict frontlines, over the course of the last week. Importantly, LNA forces are reported to have undertaken multiple...
by Jason | Aug 5, 2020 | ISIS
No relevant developments.
by Jason | Aug 5, 2020 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 31 July, a military court in Ajdabiya sentenced Ismail Bouzreeba al-Zway, a local photojournalist, to 15 years in prison on ‘vague terrorism charges’. Zway, who had privately expressed discontent with Libyan National Army (LNA) leader Khalifa Haftar’s rule, had...
by Jason | Aug 5, 2020 | International actors
On 30 July, the deputy spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, Alexey Zaytsev, stated that Russia and Turkey would be holding a third round of consultations on Libya in Moscow ‘in the near future’. Zaytsev denied allegations that Russia had violated the arms...
