by Jason | Sep 25, 2018 | International actors
On 24 September, France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian called for stronger UN sanctions on Libyans attempting to block a political solution to the current crisis. In particular, Le Drain called for sanctions to be placed on militia members who have recently...
by Jason | Sep 25, 2018 | Libyan actors
On 25 September, a ceasefire was brokered between the Tripoli Protection Force (comprised of the five main GNA-affiliated Tripoli militias) and Tarhuna’s 7th Brigade that saw the latter withdraw to the areas of control agreed in the UN-brokered ceasefire of 9...
by Jason | Sep 18, 2018 | ISIS
On 14 September, ISIS published the 147 issue of their weekly al-Naba newsletter that included details of their attack on the headquarters of the National Oil Corporation in Tripoli. In their report the group refers to the location of the incident as being in “Wilayat...
by Jason | Sep 18, 2018 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 15 September, the Libyan National Army’s RADA Central Deterrent Forces reported that they had arrested a member of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) in Ajdabiya. The individual has been described as a ‘security officer’, though no additional details have yet...
by Jason | Sep 18, 2018 | International actors
On 11 September, the UN Security Council Committee added rebel militant Ibrahim Jadhran to a sanctions list. The following day on 12 September, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned Jadhran for his attacks on the Oil Crescent...
by Jason | Sep 18, 2018 | Libyan actors
On 18 September, Government of National Accord Interior Minister, Abdussalam Ashour, confirmed that hostilities between militia groups had re-emerged south of Tripoli. Clashes were reported on Tripoli’s Airport Road (Tariq Al-Matar) between the Samoud Brigade led by...
by Jason | Sep 11, 2018 | ISIS
On 10 September, three ISIS fighters raided Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) offices in central Tripoli, leaving at least two staff members dead and another 10 injured. The Special Deterrence Force (Rada) were reportedly deployed to the area and engaged in a...
by Jason | Sep 11, 2018 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 7 September, Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Magreb (AQIM)-linked media accounts published a eulogy/biographical note for the Libyan AQIM commander Miloud Sadaga. Sadaga was originally from Derna and joined AQIM in 2008, going on to fight in Aurès and Kabylia, and then...
by Jason | Sep 11, 2018 | International actors
On 10 September, Italian Foreign Minister Enzo Moavero Milanesi held a meeting with Libyan National Army Commander Khalifa Haftar in al-Rajma, Benghazi. The two discussed recent domestic and international developments, the forth-coming elections in Libya, Italian and...
by Jason | Sep 11, 2018 | Libyan actors
On 9 September, UNSMIL initiated a meeting that gathered together the key rival factions involved in the militia clashes in Tripoli that began on 26 August. The groups signed an eight-point agreement that included a pledge to refrain from extorting sovereign...
