by Jason | May 29, 2017 | EOIL Publications
The Role of 20th Century Jihadism in Manchester Attack May 29, 2017 In an article for Al Monitor, Jason Pack and Lydia Jabs discuss the role that suicide bomber Salman Abedi’s connection to, and his family’s long history within, Libya’s tight-knit activist...
by Jason | May 25, 2017 | EOIL Publications
Non Military Perspective on Recent Developments in Libya May 25, 2017 Rhiannon Smith has authored a report for NATO’s Open Perspectives Exchange Network (OPEN) looking at non-military perspective on recent developments in Libya. She outlines the current...
by Jason | May 24, 2017 | ISIS
The suicide bomber who detonated a suitcase bomb at a Manchester concert on 22 May has been identified as Salman Abeidi, a British-born Libyan. His parents were dissidents who fled to the UK during the Qadhafi period. Abeidi lived with his family in a quiet,...
by Jason | May 23, 2017 | ISIS
Amongst the flurry of videos released this week depicting the Brak attack and other violent acts, one piece of footage emerged on 20 May containing references to the Islamic State (ISIS). The video was released by the Libyan National Army (LNA) after they obtained the...
by Jason | May 23, 2017 | International actors
Press reports indicate that on 21 May, Government of National Accord (GNA) prime minister Fayez al-Serraj met briefly with US President Donald Trump in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia during the American Islamic States Summit. Although arranging the meeting was allegedly quite...
by Jason | May 23, 2017 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 21 May, the Libyan National Army (LNA) released CCTV footage from the Brak al-Shatti airbase that appears to show that at least one of the attacking vehicles had al-Qaeda markings, specifically these markings refer to “Shember’s” group connected al-Qaeda in Mali....
by Jason | May 23, 2017 | Libyan actors
On 18 May, Misratan led-Third Force and units from the Benghazi Defence Brigades (BDB) affiliated with the Government of National Accord (GNA) conducted an attack on Brak al-Shatti airbase controlled by Libyan National Army (LNA) in south-west Libya. The surprise...
by Jason | May 23, 2017 | EOIL Publications
Tactical Lessons from the Ejection of ISIS from Sirte May 23, 2017 In the second instalment for Atlantic Council, Dr Alia Brahimi and Jason Pack discuss the tactical lessons that can be learnt from the ejection of ISIS from Sirte in December 2016. Although the authors...
by Jason | May 17, 2017 | EOIL Publications
Strategic Lessons from the Ejection of ISIS from Sirte May 17, 2017 In an article for the Atlantic Council’s MENASource, Dr Alia Brahimi and Jason Pack write the first of two article looking at valuable lessons that can be learned from the ejection of the...
by Jason | May 16, 2017 | ISIS
On 14 May, three fuel trucks were seized by ISIS fighters on the road from Abu Grien to Jufra, the same road where the ISIS attack on Misratan fighters took place on 7 May. The hijacking took place near the Great Man Made River crossing at Wadi Bey, south west of...
