by Jason | Sep 20, 2017 | ISIS
The Derna Mujahadeen Shura Council (DMSC) released a statement on 18 September, declaring that ISIS had executed the nine foreigners they abducted from al-Ghani oil field in March 2015. The DMSC stated that its forces found five unidentified foreign bodies during a...
by Jason | Sep 20, 2017 | Libyan actors
On 16 September, clashes broke out in Sabratha among units affiliated with the Anas Dabbashi Brigade and the 48 Brigade, sometimes referred to as the ‘Anti-ISIS Task Force’ or the ‘al-Wadi’ militia. It is reported that Dabbashi fighters were shot at around a...
by Jason | Sep 13, 2017 | ISIS
The re-emergence of Islamic State (ISIS) cells in central and southern Libya last month has led both the Libyan National Army (LNA) and the Government of National Accord’s (GNA) al-Bunyan al- Marsus to deploy large forces to the region. The LNA, which currently...
by Jason | Sep 13, 2017 | International actors
On 5 September, Italy’s Interior Minister Marco Minitti visited Commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA) Khalifa Haftar in Benghazi just a day after the French FM Jean-Yves Le Drian completed his tour of Libya. This was Minitti’s first meeting with Haftar and he is...
by Jason | Sep 13, 2017 | Other Jihadi Actors
The Derna Mujahedeen Shura Council (DMSC) – a jihadist coalition which controls Derna – is experiencing significant local backlash after the alleged abduction, torture and killing of Munsef Krikish, a pro- LNA Salafist resident of Derna on 4 September. According...
by Jason | Sep 13, 2017 | Libyan actors
On 9 September the African Union hosted a summit on Libya in Brazzaville, attended by Government of National Accord (GNA) Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj, House of Representatives (HoR) President Ageelah Saleh and High Council of State (HCS) head Abdurrahman al-Swehli....
by Jason | Sep 5, 2017 | ISIS
ISIS media claimed responsibility for a car bomb attack on a Libyan National Army (LNA) checkpoint at the entrance of al-Nawfaliya town, on 31 August. The attack 100 km east of Sirte, left four dead and eight others injured. It was reported that ISIS units moved in to...
by Jason | Sep 5, 2017 | International actors
The French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian visited Libya on 4 September, meeting first with GNA PM Fayez al-Serraj as well as Abdulrahman Swelli, head of the parliamentary council in Tripoli. The FM is set to visit Misrata and Benghazi later in the week and will...
by Jason | Sep 5, 2017 | Other Jihadi Actors
A senior member of the Benghazi Defence Brigades (BDB), Ahmed Bakir (aka al-Nahla), who is allegedly involved in supporting extremist groups by supplying them with foreign mercenaries and cooperating with ISIS, was detained by the Misrata Counter Terrorism Unit (CT)....
by Jason | Sep 5, 2017 | Libyan actors
On 30 August, Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj appointed Abdurrahman al-Tawil, head of the Government of National Accord’s (GNA) Temporary Security Arrangements Committee, as Chief of Staff of the Libyan Army under the GNA. This position had previously been left vacant...
