by Jason | Apr 11, 2017 | ISIS
On 6 April, 28 Eritrean and 5 Nigerian women and children who were captured and enslaved by ISIS in Sirte were released from prison in Misrata, where they had been held since the Misratan-led al-Bunyan al-Marsus forces ousted ISIS from the city in December. The women...
by Jason | Apr 11, 2017 | International actors
On 10 April, Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar met with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan. Al-Nahyan is the deputy supreme commander of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) armed forces. Al-Nahyan praised the Libyan National Army (LNA) for its role in...
by Jason | Apr 11, 2017 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 10 April, Saudi-owned Al Arabiya printed images of what it claims is a secret prison in the Ganfuda district of Benghazi. It claims people were imprisoned and tortured by jihadi fighters in the prison. Mohammed al-Zwai, a spokesperson for the Libyan National Army...
by Jason | Apr 11, 2017 | Libyan actors
On 5 April, the Libyan National Army (LNA) conducted airstrikes against Teminhint airbase near Sebha in south-west Libya. On 6 April, the LNA deployed Mohamed Bin Nayel’s 12th Brigade to besiege the base. Teminhint is controlled by the Misratan-led Third Force, which...
by Jason | Apr 8, 2017 | EOIL Publications
Migration and Jihadism in the Sahel April 2017 Rhiannon Smith has edited a report on Migration and Jihadism in the Sahel, authored by Dominic MacIver and published by Norwegian think tank Hate Speech International. The report looks at political rhetoric conflating...
by Jason | Apr 4, 2017 | ISIS
In Benghazi, the areas of Sabri and Souq al-Hout, adjacent to the port in the centre of the city, are the final enclaves controlled by the loose jihadist coalition of Benghazi Revolutionary Shura Council (BRSC) and Islamic State (ISIS) fighters. Last week, conflict...
by Jason | Apr 4, 2017 | International actors
On 31 March, the European Council issued a statement extending the European Union sanctions against three Libyan actors for a further six months: Agila Saleh, president of the House of Representatives (HoR); Khalifa al-Ghwell, prime minister and defence minister of...
by Jason | Apr 4, 2017 | Other Jihadi Actors
In Derna, intermittent clashes continue to take place between the Libyan National Army (LNA) and the Derna Mujahedeen Shura Council (DMSC) in Dahra al-Hamra south of the city. The DMSC issued a new statement on 1 April reiterating its hostility to Haftar and...
by Jason | Apr 4, 2017 | Libyan actors
On 3 April, the House of Representatives (HoR) voted on its terms for participating in the political dialogue discussions about the Libyan Political Agreement (LPA). It voted to withdraw from the dialogue process in March. According to an HoR member, the conditions...
by Jason | Mar 28, 2017 | ISIS
On 24 March, Marine Corps General Thomas Waldhauser, the head of U.S. Africa Command, told a press conference at the Pentagon that the United States would “maintain a force” in Libya in order to develop intelligence and work with the U.N.-backed government...
