by Jason | Dec 26, 2017 | ISIS
On 24 December, a mass gave thought to contain the bodies of as many as twenty ISIS fighters was uncovered in the al-Manara neighborhood of Sirte following a report from a local resident. Al-Manara saw the most intense clashes between ISIS and the al-Bunyan al-Marsous...
by Jason | Dec 26, 2017 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 26 December, unknown attackers caused an explosion on the Zagout-Sidra oil pipeline. The explosion occurred on the pipeline 256km south east of Sidra and 25km north of Marada. The attackers are reported to have arrived at the site in two cars and planted explosives...
by Jason | Dec 26, 2017 | International actors
There has been growing international criticism of Libyan National Army general commander Khalifa Haftar following his speech on 17 December where he declared the Libyan Political Agreement (LPA) and its institutions expired. On 21 December, French foreign minister...
by Jason | Dec 26, 2017 | Libyan actors
On 19 December, the House of Representatives voted for a new Central Bank of Libya (CBL) governor, replacing incumbent Al-Seddiq Al-Kabir with former Deputy Governor Mohammed Al-Shukri. The UN Special Mission in Libya has rejected the appointment saying that it...
by Jason | Dec 20, 2017 | EOIL Publications
Al-Qaida’s Strategy in Libya: Keep it Local, Stupid December 2017 Rhiannon Smith, the Managing Director of Libya-Analysis and Eye on ISIS in Libya (EOIL), and Jason Pack, the founder of Libya-Analysis and EOIL, have written an article for Perspectives on...
by Jason | Dec 19, 2017 | ISIS
On 12 December, DMSC members arrested some alleged ISIS members in Derna including Mahmoud Mohammed al-Souainay. Souainay was born in 1990 and is a resident of the ‘400 residence area’. He joined ISIS in late 2014 but remained at home after ISIS was evicted from the...
by Jason | Dec 19, 2017 | Other Jihadi Actors
The Derna Mujahadeen Shura Council (DMSC), the jihadi organization that controls the besieged city of Derna, stepped up its anti-ISIS operations throughout last week, arresting former ISIS members who had previously been detained or absorbed by the DMSC, and clashing...
by Jason | Dec 19, 2017 | International actors
On 17 December, a new joint statement was issued by the regional troika, Tunisia, Egypt and Algeria, reaffirming their full backing to the Libyan Political Agreement (LPA) and its associated security and political initiatives, especially the military unification...
by Jason | Dec 19, 2017 | Libyan actors
The 17 December ‘expiry’ date was marked by an official television announcement from Libyan National Army (LNA) general commander Khalifa Haftar declaring the Libyan Political Agreement (LPA) and its institutions expired. He also lambasted foreign ‘threats’ against...
by Jason | Dec 12, 2017 | ISIS
The anti-crime department of Misrata published a video ‘confession’ of an ISIS member named ‘Hisham al-Oakley’, who revealed details of the beheading of 20 Egyptian Coptic Christians and an African in 2015. Al-Oakely gave a detailed description...
