by Jason | May 6, 2020 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 22 April, the Libyan National Army (LNA) arrested suspected Egyptian militant Mohammed Mohamed al-Sayed aka Mohammed al-Senbekhti aka Abu Khaled Munir. He is believed to have been the “right-hand man” of executed Egyptian militant Hesham al-Ashmawi. It has been...
by Jason | May 6, 2020 | International actors
On 30 April, the Government of National Accord’s (GNA) Foreign Minister issued a statement on Twitter expressing “its objection & deep concern to the French Foreign Ministry about the sighting of a French fighter jet & refuelling aircraft over the skies of...
by Jason | May 6, 2020 | Libyan actors
On 29 April, the Libyan National Army (LNA) spokesperson, Ahmed al-Mismari, announced that the LNA had agreed to a humanitarian truce for Ramadan in response to international calls and had suspended all military operations across Libya. However, there are no...
by Jason | Apr 29, 2020 | ISIS
Over the last week, the Libyan National Army (LNA) continued to launch airstrikes in the Fezzan region with reports coming from Ubari and Ghaduwwa about airstrikes. Some reports suspected the targeted convoy of belonging to Ibrahim Jadhran’s forces and to be moving...
by Jason | Apr 29, 2020 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 20 April, members of the Benghazi Revolutionary Shura Council (BRSC) and Derna Mujahedeen Shura Council (DMSC) alleged to be fighting for the Government of National Accord (GNA)-aligned forces were killed near Sadawi, on the Ain Zara axis in Tripoli. It has been...
by Jason | Apr 29, 2020 | International actors
On 23 April, the head of the Tubruq-based House of Representatives (HoR), Aquila Saleh made a televised speech calling for domestic and international support for political reform. On 27 April, the acting UN Envoy to Libya, Stephanie Williams, welcomed Saleh’s...
by Jason | Apr 29, 2020 | Libyan actors
On 27 April, in a brief televised address on Libya al-Hadath TV, Libya National Army (LNA) head Khalifa Haftar claimed that the LNA had a “popular mandate” to rule Libya. Haftar declared the 2015 Shkirat Agreement, known as the Libyan Political Agreement (LPA), as a...
by Jason | Apr 22, 2020 | ISIS
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by Jason | Apr 22, 2020 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 15 April, Libyan Islamist and Salafist icon Grand Mufti Sadiq al-Ghariyani called on fighters in a television interview to continue to fight against the Libyan National Army (LNA) and legitimised suicide attacks claiming, “Blowing yourself up is halal if you can...
by Jason | Apr 22, 2020 | International actors
After his appointment was blocked by the US Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) in early April, Ramtane Lamamra, the former head of the African Union’s Commission for Peace and Security and former Algerian Finance Minister, withdrew on 16 April from the race...
