by Jason | Feb 26, 2019 | ISIS
On 19 February, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, Mikhail Bogdanov, stated that ISIS in Libya was “boosting ties with al-Qaeda which is raising its head near the Oil Crescent.” Bogdanov was talking at a Middle East conference at Club Valdai. On 26 February, Tunisian...
by Jason | Feb 26, 2019 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 25 February, Misratan security forces arrested suspected al-Qaeda member, Ayman Abu Amoud, who is thought to have been involved in the kidnapping of the Jordanian ambassador to Libya, Fawaz al-Itan, in 2014. Abu Amoud had previously been imprisoned in Abu Salim...
by Jason | Feb 26, 2019 | International actors
On 22 February, ministers from Libya, Niger, Sudan and Chad signed the executive regulations of a new Joint Operations Centre for securing Libya’s common border with Niger, Chad and Sudan. According to the Government of National Accord’s (GNA) Foreign Ministry, a...
by Jason | Feb 26, 2019 | Libyan actors
On 20 February, the Libyan National Army (LNA) claimed to have taken control of Murzuq after clashes with the South Protection Force (SPF). However, the LNA withdrew from the city that evening. Clashes resumed for the following two days, with the LNA taking control of...
by Jason | Feb 19, 2019 | ISIS
On 13 February, the Sirte Military Engineering Corps recovered unexploded ordnance left behind by ISIS on the Abu Hadi Road in Sirte. After closing the road for quarter of an hour, the disposal team recovered the explosive and later detonated it.
by Jason | Feb 19, 2019 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 13 February, the Libyan National Army’s (LNA) spokesperson Ahmed al-Mismari stated that military operations in Derna had concluded and called upon local citizens to assist in the removal of any jihadist sleeper cells in the city. On 13 February, LNA operations to...
by Jason | Feb 19, 2019 | International actors
On 14 February, the US State Department released a statement outlining its concern over “ongoing tensions” in southern Libya and the closure of oil infrastructure. The statement called for the creation of a “mutually acceptable security arrangement” between all actors...
by Jason | Feb 19, 2019 | Libyan actors
On 13 February, the official spokesperson for Fayez al-Serraj, the head of the Presidential Council and Government of National Accord, claimed that it had coordinated an airstrike with joint U.S.-Libyan forces targeting al-Qaeda members near Awbari. However, US...
by Jason | Feb 12, 2019 | ISIS
On 7 February, Government of National Accord (GNA) Foreign Minister Mohamed Siyala participated in the Conference of Foreign Ministers of the Intentional Coalition for Defeating ISIS. At the conference, Siyala outlined the GNA’s plans for 2019. These include...
by Jason | Feb 12, 2019 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 9 February, the eastern-based interim government aligned with Khalifa Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA) announced the conclusion of military operations in Derna. In a statement, the interim government claimed that terrorists had been completely eliminated from...
