by Jason | Aug 29, 2017 | Libyan actors
Several leading actors in eastern Libya appear to have launched bids for the prospective presidential elections in 2018. There are new populist moves in Benghazi to ‘nominate’ Khalifa Haftar for the presidency. Aref Nayed, a wealthy Libyan diplomat who serves as...
by Jason | Aug 23, 2017 | ISIS
Islamic State (ISIS) militants attacked the Libyan National Army (LNA)-controlled al-Fogha checkpoint near Jufra this morning, killing at least nine soldiers and two civilians. According to LNA spokesman Ahmed Mismari, the eleven victims were beheaded and many others...
by Jason | Aug 23, 2017 | ISIS
On 21 August, two individuals were tried on terror charges in Tripoli after alleged involvement in a series of attacks in the capital, including the assault on the Corinthia Hotel in January 2015, in which nine people were killed. The defendants have not been named...
by Jason | Aug 23, 2017 | Other Jihadi Actors
The Justice and Construction (JC) party, the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood in Libya, has turned on Tripoli’s Dar al-Ifta head, Sheikh Sadeq al-Ghariani after he pronounced that anyone who backed the Libyan Political Agreement (LPA) was “non-believer”....
by Jason | Aug 23, 2017 | International actors
The new UN Special Envoy to Libya, Ghassan Salame, visited all of Libya’s main power-broker cities on a one-week tour throughout the country, including Tripoli, Misrata, Zintan, as well as Benghazi. ( Government of National Accord (GNA) Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj...
by Jason | Aug 23, 2017 | Libyan actors
On 15 August, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a warrant for the arrest of the notorious Libyan National Army (LNA) Special Forces (Saiqa) Commander Mahmoud al-Werfalli for allegations of murder as a war crime in seven incidents, involving 33 persons, in...
by Jason | Aug 16, 2017 | ISIS
Efforts to secure the Sabri and Souq al-Hout areas of Benghazi that were held until recently by jihadists remain hampered by unruly management, delays in demining and cleaning works, and ongoing conflicts in adjacent areas between the LNA and remaining jihadists....
by Jason | Aug 16, 2017 | International actors
It was reported that on 13 August, a team of Italian military and security advisors visited Sirte’s al-Qardabiyah airport with units from the Misratan led, GNA-affiliated al-Bunyan al-Marsus (BM) forces to assess ‘reconstruction’ and rehabilitation requirements for...
by Jason | Aug 16, 2017 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 13 August, a delegation of Misratan power brokers and senior BM figures, including financial powerbroker Abdul Hamid Dbaiba, as well as the spokesperson for the GNA’s Ministry of Defence, Mohammed al-Ghosri, travelled to Qatar to meet with Qatari officials. Media...
by Jason | Aug 16, 2017 | Libyan actors
The recent political rapprochement attempts between Fayez al-Serraj, Prime Minister of the Government of National Accord (GNA), and Libyan National Army (LNA) Commander Khalifa Haftar, may be at risk as it appears Haftar is still intent on a military solution to gain...
