by Jason | Oct 25, 2017 | International actors
On 22 October, the second round of meetings in the UN-facilitated Libyan political talks concluded without setting a plan or agenda for the next gathering of the Joint Drafting Committee. UN Envoy to Libya Ghassan Salame remains enthusiastic and has emphasized that...
by Jason | Oct 25, 2017 | Libyan actors
Since taking control over Sabratha in early October, Khalifa Haftar has strengthened his relationship with several important military leaders in the west of Libya. This week Misratan General Salem Juha, announced that it was important for Haftar to remain in control...
by Jason | Oct 18, 2017 | ISIS
On 14 October, Ahmed Ben Salem, the spokesman for RADA Special Deterrence Force based in Tripoli, stated that the group has come to an agreement with Tunisian authorities regarding the extradition of woman and children Tunisian prisoners held in Mitiga Prison. The...
by Jason | Oct 18, 2017 | Other Jihadi Actors
The ISIS attack in Misrata earlier this month has provoked city officials to clamp down against Islamist hardliners and suspected ISIS collaborators. Clashes broke out between hard-line fighters affiliated with Islamist factions and Misratan security forces on 11...
by Jason | Oct 18, 2017 | International actors
On 15 October, the UN Support Mission in Libya’s (UNSMIL) new Joint Drafting Committee, including members of both the House of Representatives (HoR) and the High Council of State (HCS), met again in Tunis to negotiate amendments to the Libyan Political Agreement...
by Jason | Oct 18, 2017 | Libyan actors
On 6 October the Anti-Operations Room militia affiliated with the Libyan National Army (LNA), expelled the Anas Dabbashi militia from Sabratha and Mellitah Oil and Gas Complex, with the approval of the Government of National Accord (GNA). Khalifa Haftar gave a speech...
by Jason | Oct 11, 2017 | Other Jihadi Actors
Supreme Committee for Issuing Fatwas (Al-Lajna al-‘Ulya li-l-Ifta’), which is based in the eastern city Al-Bayda and is associated with Khalifa Haftar, commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA), has called for Jihad in Sabratha against “Kharijites,” a term used by...
by Jason | Oct 11, 2017 | ISIS
An ISIS suicide bomb attack which targeted a Misratan court complex in the centre of the city on 4 October, killed four people and wounded several more. ISIS fighters opened fire on the complex and the explosion was triggered after one of the attackers detonated a...
by Jason | Oct 11, 2017 | International actors
UN Envoy to Libya Ghassan Salame met with the Commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA) forces, Khalifa Haftar, in Benghazi on 5 October, a day after the UN representative met with Ageelah Saleh, leader of the House of Representatives (HoR). Salame informed Haftar...
by Jason | Oct 11, 2017 | Libyan actors
On 6 October, the Anti-ISIS Operations Room (AIOR), a force technically under the authority of the Government of National Accord (GNA) but more closely aligned the Libyan National Army (LNA), announced its control of Sabratha after defeating the Anas Dabbashi Brigade...
