by Jason | Jul 24, 2018 | ISIS
On 24 July, ISIS fighters raided a police station in al-Uqaylah, west of Brega, destroying at least two vehicles with unconfirmed reports suggesting that multiple officers were killed and at least one was beheaded. Clashes also occurred at a Libyan National Army (LNA)...
by Jason | Jul 24, 2018 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 21 July, reports began emerging of confessions from Derna Protection Force (DPF) prisoners interrogated by the Libyan National Army (LNA) suggesting that Mahfouz Ould al-Walid (Abu Hafs al-Mauritani) and Hisham Ashmawi (Abu Omar al-Muhajir al-Masri) are amongst one...
by Jason | Jul 24, 2018 | International actors
On 18 July, Italian embassy and security officials accompanied the head of the maritime sector branch within the Government of National Accord’s Ministry of Interior (MOI) for an official visit to Tripoli port to review vessel maintenance needs for coastguard boats....
by Jason | Jul 24, 2018 | Libyan actors
On 18 July, Fathi al-Majbary announced from Benghazi that he would no longer be a member of the Government of National Accord’s (GNA) Presidential Council (PC), calling the GNA a ‘farce’ and arguing that no central government could be run from Tripoli due to the...
by Jason | Jul 17, 2018 | ISIS
On 10 July, the Libyan National Army’s (LNA) Criminal Investigations Department in Brega arrested an individual suspected of being an ISIS fighter. During the arrest, the suspect was discovered to possess a suicide belt. On 10 July, in the earlier hours of the...
by Jason | Jul 17, 2018 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 12 July, Libyan National Army (LNA) al-Saiqa Commander Mahmoud al-Werfalli, a notable figure among ‘Madkhali’ Salafists in the LNA, reportedly threatened al-Madani al-Fakhiri – who currently heads the Military Investment Agency (MIA) and is a former Ministry...
by Jason | Jul 17, 2018 | International actors
On 14 July, Federica Mogherini, the European Union’s foreign policy head, visited Tripoli to reestablish the EU’s diplomatic presence in Libya. Accompanied by UN Envoy Ghassan Salame, Mogherini met with Government of National Accord (GNA) head Fayez al-Serraj and...
by Jason | Jul 17, 2018 | Libyan actors
On 10 July, Khalifa Haftar ordered all Libyan National Army (LNA)-affiliated Petroleum Facilities Guards (PFG) to allow oil ports under their control to resume exports under the authority of the Tripoli-based National Oil Corporation (NOC) and its subsidiaries. On 11...
by Jason | Jul 10, 2018 | ISIS
On 4 July, ISIS branch in eastern Libya, known as Wilayat Barqah, released a new video titled “Point of Death” documenting its recent attacks against Libyan National Army (LNA) checkpoints in the Oil Crescent, the beheading of LNA soldiers, and interviews with four...
by Jason | Jul 10, 2018 | Other Jihadi Actors
Last week, the Libyan National Army’s 101 Brigade published photos that circulated on social media of senior al-Qaeda leader Sufiyan Bin Qammu amongst other al-Qaeda militants in Derna. Qammu is thought to be a prominent al-Qaeda theoretician in Libya and is known...
