by Jason | Sep 26, 2017 | ISIS
On 22 September, the US conducted an airstrike on an ISIS camp in the desert valleys about 150 miles south-east of Sirte, reportedly killing 17 ISIS fighters and destroying 3 vehicles. US Africa Command (Africom) said the strikes were carried out by armed Reaper...
by Jason | Sep 26, 2017 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 17 September, the Libyan National Army (LNA) broadcast televised ‘confessions’ of Ibrahim Muftah Abu Nuwwara, an imprisoned Ansar al-Sharia fighter from Ajdabiya who is in LNA custody. Nuwwara ‘confessed’ that a spate of assassination and kidnapping operations...
by Jason | Sep 26, 2017 | International actors
On 20 September, the UN Secretary General António Guterres and Special Envoy to Libya Ghassan Salame outlined the proposed new UN roadmap for Libya at a high level meeting on Libya which took place at the UN General Assembly in New York. The roadmap consists of a 3...
by Jason | Sep 26, 2017 | Libyan actors
On 25 September, presidential hopeful Basit Igtet landed in Mitiga airport and led small crowds from Tajoura to Martyrs Square to demonstration against the Government of National Accord (GNA). However, the crowds remained relatively small and their demands were...
by Jason | Sep 20, 2017 | International actors
Following a recent trip around Libya, new UN envoy Ghassan Salame has made steadfast strides towards the near impossible task of getting the multitude of international actors behind his new Libyan roadmap for political unity. On 15 September, the UN Security Council...
by Jason | Sep 20, 2017 | Other Jihadi Actors
The demonstrations planned by presidential hopeful Basit Igtet in Tripoli’s Martyrs’ Square on September 25, come in a context of increased tensions in the capital city. Islamist ‘hardliners’ have been quick to back Igtet, including the Grand Mufti Sadeq al-Ghariani...
by Jason | Sep 20, 2017 | ISIS
The Derna Mujahadeen Shura Council (DMSC) released a statement on 18 September, declaring that ISIS had executed the nine foreigners they abducted from al-Ghani oil field in March 2015. The DMSC stated that its forces found five unidentified foreign bodies during a...
by Jason | Sep 20, 2017 | Libyan actors
On 16 September, clashes broke out in Sabratha among units affiliated with the Anas Dabbashi Brigade and the 48 Brigade, sometimes referred to as the ‘Anti-ISIS Task Force’ or the ‘al-Wadi’ militia. It is reported that Dabbashi fighters were shot at around a...
by Jason | Sep 13, 2017 | ISIS
The re-emergence of Islamic State (ISIS) cells in central and southern Libya last month has led both the Libyan National Army (LNA) and the Government of National Accord’s (GNA) al-Bunyan al- Marsus to deploy large forces to the region. The LNA, which currently...
by Jason | Sep 13, 2017 | International actors
On 5 September, Italy’s Interior Minister Marco Minitti visited Commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA) Khalifa Haftar in Benghazi just a day after the French FM Jean-Yves Le Drian completed his tour of Libya. This was Minitti’s first meeting with Haftar and he is...
