by Jason | Aug 28, 2018 | ISIS
On 23 August, ISIS claimed an attack on the Kaam checkpoint 20 km east of Khoms. Six members of the Government of National Accord (GNA) affiliated Special Operations Force were killed in the attack. The attack was reportedly conducted by three men, one of whom was...
by Jason | Aug 28, 2018 | Other Jihadi Actors
The local security directorate in Jalu region announced last week that it had arrested a foreign fighter cell, reportedly preparing for operations against the Libyan National Army (LNA). In Derna, fighting continues between the LNA and the Derna Protection Force (DPF)...
by Jason | Aug 28, 2018 | International actors
On 28 August, US AFRICOM said it had killed a suspected ISIS fighter in an airstrike in Bani Walid. AFRICOM said it had carried out the strike in coordination with the Government of National Accord (GNA). It didn’t name the person who was killed, but local residents...
by Jason | Aug 28, 2018 | Libyan actors
On 26 August, the Kani militia (also known as the 7th ‘Liwa’) deployed from Tarhuna to south Tripoli. The Kani militia took over Gasr Ben Ghashir (where Tripoli international airport is located) as well as important military barracks and positions previously held by...
by Jason | Aug 21, 2018 | ISIS
On 15 August, the Petroleum Facilitates Guard (PFG) commander, Major General Naji al-Maghrabi, reported that an operation had been launched in collaboration with the Libyan National Army’s 331 and 127 battalions to recover seven vehicles stolen by ISIS fighters...
by Jason | Aug 21, 2018 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 18 August, Abdulkader Jumaa Abdul-Hadi Afnish Al-Zwai, a senior leader and founding member of the Benghazi Defence Brigades (BDB) and the Ajdabiya Revolutionary Operation Room (AROR), died of his wounds following a raid on his home in Misrata by the Misrata...
by Jason | Aug 21, 2018 | International actors
On 19 August, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) issued a statement condemning the “violence, intimidation and obstruction to the work of Libya’s sovereign institutions by militiamen’’. UNSMIL indicated that militia groups acting under the Ministry...
by Jason | Aug 21, 2018 | Libyan actors
On 15 August, the Libyan National Army (LNA) mobilized its forces from Tobruk and Marj to the Oil Crescent and declared a state of emergency in the region following reports of Ibrahim Jadhran allied militias traversing to the Wadi Zamzam area. The LNA has allegedly...
by Jason | Aug 14, 2018 | ISIS
On 13 August, ISIS Wilayat Barqah released a eulogy in their “Caravans of Martyrs” of Kenyan fighter Abu Mousa al-Keni. On 9 August, ISIS claimed in its latest al-Naba newsletter (no 143) that they had raided a Libyan National Army checkpoint close to Fuqaha in Jufrah...
by Jason | Aug 14, 2018 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 11 August, the Libyan National Army conducted airstrikes from its al-Jufra airbase targeting Benghazi Defence Brigade (BDB) forces located near al-Saddadah. This follows reports of Ibrahim Jadhran linked militias, including BDB and Chadian elements, regrouping near...
