by Jason | Feb 20, 2018 | International actors
On 12 – 14 February, the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (CHD), a Geneva-based NGO, facilitated talks between a range of different Libyan actors in Geneva. CHD did not publish a list of attendees, but those invited are reported to have included Government of National...
by Jason | Feb 20, 2018 | Libyan actors
On 15 February, in Tripoli Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj dismissed the current Government of National Accord’s (GNA) Minister of Interior (MoI) al-Aref al-Khoja from his post and replaced him with his deputy minister Brigadier Abdussalam Ashour. Ashour is expected to...
by Jason | Feb 13, 2018 | ISIS
On 10 February, three Libyan National Army officers belonging to the 165th Brigade were injured in a VBIED attack on their position at the 90km checkpoint, 60 km east of Sidra at 9:25am local time. The driver of the vehicle is suspected of being an ISIS fighter. Two...
by Jason | Feb 13, 2018 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 9 February, a double bombing occurred at Saad Ibn Ibada mosque in the Majouri district of Benghazi during Friday prayers. The attack killed 2 people and wounded at least 75 people. According to reports, the explosive devices had been placed in bags at the mosque...
by Jason | Feb 13, 2018 | International actors
On 9 February, US President Donald Trump extended for one year the national emergency that President Barack Obama first issued on 25 February 2011 pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. In his statement, Trump said that, “the situation in Libya...
by Jason | Feb 13, 2018 | Libyan actors
On 7 February, Mahmoud al-Werfalli, a Commander of the Libyan National Army’s (LNA) Saiqa Special Forces in Benghazi who is wanted on charges of war crimes by the International Criminal Court (ICC), handed himself into the LNA for questioning. When the IC arrest...
by Jason | Feb 6, 2018 | ISIS
On 30 January, Indian media reported that the Indian Ministry of External Affairs had received information from Libyan authorities that an Indian national named Tabrez Tambe is being held in a Libyan jail as a prisoner of war. Tambe reportedly fled India in January...
by Jason | Feb 6, 2018 | Other Jihadi Actors
Last week, the Libyan National Army (LNA) deployed forces from Benghazi and nearby towns to take positions around Derna and prepare an offensive against the Derna Mujahadeen Shura Council (DMSC), which controls the city. The LNA has been besieging the city for several...
by Jason | Feb 6, 2018 | International actors
On 1 February, UNSMIL said more than 200 tons of Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) had been destroyed in Libya, with the support of the United Nations Mine Action Service and the governments of Denmark and South Korea. Another 200 tons of ERW is planned to be destroyed...
by Jason | Feb 6, 2018 | Libyan actors
On 1 February, members of the mostly Misratan-staffed Central Region Zone, nominally under Government of National Accord (GNA) command, intercepted a convoy of Tawerghan Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) travelling from Ajdabiya near Bin Jawwad, east of Sirte, and...
