by Jason | Mar 20, 2018 | International actors
On 20 March, former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was reportedly remanded in custody for questioning in relation to an ongoing investigation concerning the provision of financial assistance to his 2007 election campaign by Muammar al-Qadhafi. Investigations began...
by Jason | Mar 20, 2018 | Libyan actors
On 18 March, the sixth round of discussions, mediated by Egypt, aimed at unifying Libya’s military began in Cairo. Both opposing national coalitions’ Chiefs of Staff – the Libyan National Army’s (LNA) Brigadier General Abdul Fattah Nazhouri and the Government of...
by Jason | Mar 13, 2018 | ISIS
On 11 March, the Libyan National Army (LNA) spokesperson announced that the LNA’s Sirte Operations Room had killed three ISIS leaders fleeing Derna. The spokesperson added that ISIS elements were reported to be moving in the areas south of Sirte, Bani Walid, and...
by Jason | Mar 13, 2018 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 11 March, it was reported that Saudi Arabia had extradited to the Libyan National Army (LNA) two alleged al-Qaeda members accused of abducting five Egyptian diplomats in Tripoli in 2014. The two suspects, Mahmoud bin Rajab and Muhammad al-Khadraoui, were arrested...
by Jason | Mar 13, 2018 | International actors
On 8 March, a spokesman for the U.S. African Command (AFRICOM), Major Karl J. Wiest, stated that an additional four airstrikes — one on 29 September 100 miles south of Sirte, one on 9 October 250 miles south of Sirte, one on 18 October near Wadi al-Shatti, and one on...
by Jason | Mar 13, 2018 | Libyan actors
On 13 March, as clashes continue in Sebha between Tebu and Awlad Suliman militias, local media reported that the Government of National Accord’s (GNA) Presidential Council appointed Brigadier General Hameed al-Ataibi Sulaimani as the Governor of the South. Sulaimani...
by Jason | Mar 6, 2018 | ISIS
On 28 February, US law enforcement officials stated that twenty year old Bernard Raymond Augustine from Keyes in the US, accused of trying to enter Libya to join ISIS, had been arrested. Augustine had been returned to the US from Tunisia after being first arrested in...
by Jason | Mar 6, 2018 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 4 March, four people were allegedly injured by artillery shelling from the Libyan National Army’s (LNA) 321 artillery battalion on al-Zintan neighbourhood near the western entrance of Derna. The following day the UN Secretary-General envoy, Ghassan Salame held a...
by Jason | Mar 6, 2018 | International actors
On 4 March, the Egyptian army announced it had foiled an “infiltration attempt” across its western border with Libya after reportedly destroying 11 vehicles loaded with arms and ammunition on the Libyan border. The is the latest in a series of similar...
by Jason | Mar 6, 2018 | Libyan actors
On 6 March, local sources reported clashes between Tebu and Awlad Suliman militias involving tanks in the Nasriya area of Sebha, north of the airport. Fighting between the two groups has also intensified in the Tayuri district of Sebha, an area populated with Tebu and...
