by Jason | Nov 13, 2018 | ISIS
ISIS has attempted to negotiate a prisoner exchange with Fuqaha residents according to multiple Libyan news outlets. Local sources report that the jihadist group will return 10 people it kidnapped during its raid on the town on 29 October for the release of two of its...
by Jason | Nov 13, 2018 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 10 November, Misrata local security forces arrested two individuals connected to the Ajdabiya Revolutionaries Shura Council, an Islamist brigade formerly linked with Ansar Al-Sharia and the Benghazi Revolutionaries Shura Council. On 4 November, the Anti-ISIS...
by Jason | Nov 13, 2018 | International actors
On 12-13 November, Italy hosted its international conference on Libya in Palermo, an initiative aimed at gathering Libyan factions and international actors to push forward a solution to Libya’s persisting crisis. Reports suggest that East Libyan General Khalifa...
by Jason | Nov 13, 2018 | Libyan actors
On 7 November, the Governors of competing Central Banks of Libya in Tripoli and Beida, Saddek el-Kaber and Ali Hibri respectively, held a meeting at the UNSMIL Tunis headquarters regarding an independent audit process for both branches. Mediated by UNSMIL envoy...
by Jason | Nov 6, 2018 | ISIS
On 3 November, ISIS fighters clashed with the Libyan National Army’s 128th Battalion near the al-Mabrouk oilfield south of Sirte. No causalities were reported.
by Jason | Nov 6, 2018 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 4 November, the Libyan National Army spokesperson, Brigadier General Ahmed al-Mesmari, stated that investigations into al-Qaeda affiliated Egyptian terrorist Hisham Ashmawi were ongoing. The spokesperson also denied that Ashmawi had been transferred to...
by Jason | Nov 6, 2018 | International actors
On 30 October, the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) released a statement denying reports that AFRICOM Commander General Waldhauser had made a recent visit to Sirte. Libyan media outlets had reported that Waldhauser had traveled to the city to discuss the formation of an...
by Jason | Nov 6, 2018 | Libyan actors
On 31 October, the Libyan House of Representatives (HoR) and the High State Council (HSC) handed over a final agreement on the restructuring of the Presidential Council to UNSMIL. The HoR and HSC agreed, as per article 12 of the Libyan Political Agreement (LPA), on...
by Jason | Oct 30, 2018 | ISIS
On October 29, ISIS attacked the village of Fuqaha in the Jufra district, leaving four dead and kidnapping at least nine others. Masked men are said to have arrived in 25 vehicles and set fire to the local police station. The assailants are reported to have searched...
by Jason | Oct 30, 2018 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 22 October, the Libyan National Army (LNA) killed al-Qaeda leader, Abd Al-Ghaffar Mansour Al-Tashani, during a sniper operation in the al-Maghar district of Derna. Tashani is reported to have participated in clashes against LNA forces throughout the city.
