by Jason | Aug 21, 2018 | International actors
On 19 August, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) issued a statement condemning the “violence, intimidation and obstruction to the work of Libya’s sovereign institutions by militiamen’’. UNSMIL indicated that militia groups acting under the Ministry...
by Jason | Aug 21, 2018 | Libyan actors
On 15 August, the Libyan National Army (LNA) mobilized its forces from Tobruk and Marj to the Oil Crescent and declared a state of emergency in the region following reports of Ibrahim Jadhran allied militias traversing to the Wadi Zamzam area. The LNA has allegedly...
by Jason | Aug 14, 2018 | ISIS
On 13 August, ISIS Wilayat Barqah released a eulogy in their “Caravans of Martyrs” of Kenyan fighter Abu Mousa al-Keni. On 9 August, ISIS claimed in its latest al-Naba newsletter (no 143) that they had raided a Libyan National Army checkpoint close to Fuqaha in Jufrah...
by Jason | Aug 14, 2018 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 11 August, the Libyan National Army conducted airstrikes from its al-Jufra airbase targeting Benghazi Defence Brigade (BDB) forces located near al-Saddadah. This follows reports of Ibrahim Jadhran linked militias, including BDB and Chadian elements, regrouping near...
by Jason | Aug 14, 2018 | International actors
On 9 August, the House of Representatives (HoR) Committee of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation declared Italian Ambassador Giuseppe Perrone as a ‘persona non-grata’. The decree is in response to his comments during a television interview last week which...
by Jason | Aug 14, 2018 | Libyan actors
On 14 August, the House of Representatives (HoR) held its fourth session to date to discuss and vote on the legislation for a constitutional referendum. The session was disrupted when a police officer was reportedly shot by accident when local HoR member Saleh...
by Jason | Aug 7, 2018 | ISIS
ISIS affiliated social media accounts have released a list of over 200 hundred names of Misratan fighters from al-Bunyan al-Marsous (BAM) as targets for assassination. The week before the BAM spokesperson, Mohammed Al-Ghusri, stated in a TV interview that the recent...
by Jason | Aug 7, 2018 | Other Jihadi Actors
Ahmed Abdul Karim Hamza, an official with Libya’s National Human Rights Committee, has stated that several mosques through Libya have being used by ISIS and al-Qaeda to radicalize and recruit youths. The official identified some of the locations as Tripoli, Bani...
by Jason | Aug 7, 2018 | International actors
On 2 August, South Korean redirected the naval ship “Munmu the Great” from anti-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden to Libya in order to protect South Korean commercial vessels. This action is thought to be a “show of force” in response to a video released on 31...
by Jason | Aug 7, 2018 | Libyan actors
On 1 August, the Special Deterrence Force (Rada) killed a man thought to be from the al-Burga militia near the Ispan roundabout in the Tajoura area of Tripoli. On 31 July, the al-Bugra militia set up checkpoints between the al-Andalusi and Ispan roundabouts on the...
