by Jason | Dec 4, 2018 | International actors
On 29 November, US Africa Command (AFRICOM), in coordination with the Government of National Accord (GNA), conducted an airstrike killing eleven al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) members and destroying three vehicles near al-Uwaynat in southern Libya. Local...
by Jason | Dec 4, 2018 | Libyan actors
On 29 November, the Tobruk-based House of Representatives (HoR) handed over the Constitution Referendum Law to the High Election Commission (HNEC). In doing so, the HoR concluded its constitution duty as laid forth by the 2011 Transitional Constitution Declaration....
by Jason | Nov 27, 2018 | ISIS
On 23 November, Islamic State (ISIS) fighters launched an assault on the town of Tazirbu, an oasis in Libya’s south-east some 250km north-west of Kufra, leaving at least 8 people dead, 11 wounded and 17 kidnapped. Arriving in as many as 15 vehicles the assailants took...
by Jason | Nov 27, 2018 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 17 November, the Libyan National Army (LNA) undertook three airstrikes targeting an “al-Qaeda-linked group” suspected to be the Benghazi Defence Brigades (BDB) at Sadada, near Misrata. The LNA claims the group were behind several recent attacks and that a...
by Jason | Nov 27, 2018 | International actors
On 24 November, the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, indicated in an interview to Italian media that Russia does not have plans to establish a military base in Libya. In an interview with Sputnik the following day, he said external interference in the Libyan...
by Jason | Nov 27, 2018 | Libyan actors
On 26 November, the House of Representatives (HoR) passed the referendum constitutional amendment and approved the restructuring of the Presidential Council (PC). The constitutional amendment, which relates to article 6, divides Libya into three voting districts...
by Jason | Nov 20, 2018 | ISIS
On 19 November, ISIS members established a checkpoint along the Sirte-Benghazi coastal road in the Wadi al-Hunaywah area near Sirte. Locals reported that two cars bearing ISIS banners and masked men blocked the road and undertook identity checks.
by Jason | Nov 20, 2018 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 13 November, the Egyptian Dar Al-Ifta’a fatwa and takfiri monitoring group reported that between November 3 and November 9 the number of terrorist attacks worldwide had decreased. Of the 29 itemised terrorist operations undertaken by takfiri organisations during...
by Jason | Nov 20, 2018 | International actors
On 16 November, the UN Security Council listed the commander of the Misratan al-Samoud Brigade, Salah Badi, for sanctions that include an asset freeze and travel ban. In a statement from the UN it remarks that Badi had “worked to consistently undermine a political...
by Jason | Nov 20, 2018 | Libyan actors
On 14 November, the head of the Presidential Council, Fayez al-Serraj, stated that Hashem Abedi, the brother of the Manchester bomber Salman Abedi, will be extradited to the UK at the end of 2018. Abedi is the custody of the Special Deterrence Force (RADA) in Tripoli....
