by Jason | Aug 9, 2017 | ISIS
Last week media sources reported that Italian authorities suspect that ISIS and other jihadi networks in Libya are in cahoots with the Italian Mafia and illegal fuel smuggling operations. According to La Republica, the police had found substantial amounts of Libyan...
by Jason | Aug 9, 2017 | International actors
An Italian naval vessel docked at Tripoli port last week as part of the controversial Italian naval mission into Libya waters requested by Government of National Accord (GNA) Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj and endorsed by the Italian parliament. On August 3, an...
by Jason | Aug 9, 2017 | Other Jihadi Actors
The conflict between Khalifa Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA) and the Derna Mujahedeen Shura Council (DMSC) last month after the DMSC shot down an LNA jet over Derna and alleged killed and mutilated its pilot Adel Jehani, triggering a tightening of the LNA siege on...
by Jason | Aug 9, 2017 | Libyan actors
On 1-3 August, Egypt’s Chief of Staff Mahmoud Hijazi facilitated mediation talks in Cairo between two Libyan delegations, one comprising Misratans and the other representatives from the Libyan National Army (LNA) and eastern Libya. Hijazi had discussions with each...
by Jason | Aug 2, 2017 | International actors
On 31 July, delegations from Misrata and eastern Libya, including House of Representatives (HoR) president Agilah Saleh, traveled to Cairo to attend meetings facilitated by the Egyptian Foreign Minister, Sameh Shukri, and Chief of Staff, Mahmoud Hijazi. The talks are...
by Jason | Aug 2, 2017 | ISIS
On 29 July, the Sabratha municipal council mobilized a new security force called the ‘anti-Islamic State (ISIS) Operation Room’ after agreement for the move was reached with local tribes last week. The force is intended to police the areas around Sabratha and...
by Jason | Aug 2, 2017 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 26 July, Libyan National Army (LNA) Special Operations forces posted pictures of a captured Ansar al-Sharia senior leader, Ibrahim Abu Nawwara. Although Nawwara was reportedly captured in western Libya near Khoms, local sources say that Khoms and Misratan forces...
by Jason | Aug 2, 2017 | Libyan actors
An overwhelming majority of Libya’s Constitutional Drafting Assembly (CDA) voted to approve the latest draft of the Libyan constitution on 29 July. Although the vote passed with 43 of the 44 present members’ approval, the assembly meeting was not without...
by Jason | Jul 26, 2017 | ISIS
Misratan-led Bunyan Marsus (BM) forces have raised the level of security readiness in Sirte in response to increased security threats. There are reports that on 22 July, BM forces sent 20 vehicles to Sabaa and established checkpoints at the west and east of the city...
by Jason | Jul 26, 2017 | International actors
On 25 July, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt announced the addition of six Libyan entities and two individuals to their list of Qatar-funded ‘terrorists’. The joint statement declared Alnabaa TV, Tanasuh TV, the Benghazi Revolutionaries Shura Council,...
