by Jason | Mar 28, 2017 | International actors
On 24 March, the ambassadors of the five UN Security Council Permanent Members (China, France, Russia, the UK and the US) issued a joint statement. The statement called on all parties to exercise restraint, avoid fighting and settle differences through the political...
by Jason | Mar 28, 2017 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 27 March, the commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA) Benghazi Operations Room announced the start of the ‘final’ operation to retake central Benghazi. The areas of Sabri and Souq al-Hout, adjacent to the port in central Benghazi, are the final...
by Jason | Mar 28, 2017 | Libyan actors
On 24 March, the Government of National Accord (GNA) issued a decision to establish a 3,000-strong ‘Sirte protection’ force from the Misratan-led al-Bunyan al-Marsus contingent that fought ISIS in the city last year. The mandate of the force is to secure Sirte and its...
by Jason | Mar 21, 2017 | ISIS
On 18 March, Libyan National Army (LNA) spokesman Ahmed al-Mismari said the LNA had found a mass grave of jihadist fighters in Ganfuda, Benghazi. The grave contained the corpse of former Benghazi Revolutionaries Shura Council (BRSC) leader Jamal Makhzoum as well as...
by Jason | Mar 21, 2017 | International actors
On 18 March, the League of Arab States (LAS), the African Union (AU), the European Union (EU) and the United Nations (UN) held a meeting at the headquarters of the League of Arab States to discuss the situation in Libya. The four organisations decided to establish a...
by Jason | Mar 21, 2017 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 18 March, the Libyan National Army (LNA) announced they had ‘liberated’ the ‘12 Flats’ area in Ganfuda, in south-west Benghazi. Reports indicate that 7 LNA fighters and 43 jihadist fighters were killed in the final assault, including Ansar al-Sharia commanders...
by Jason | Mar 21, 2017 | Libyan actors
On 14 March, clashes escalated in Tripoli between pro-Government of National Accord (GNA) militias, including the powerful Tripoli militias led by Haithem al-Tajouri, Abdurraouf Kara and Abdulghani Kikli aka Ghinewa as well as the Misratan Halbous and Mahjoob...
by Jason | Mar 14, 2017 | ISIS
On 9 March, Marine General Thomas Waldhauser, the head of US Africa Command (AFRICOM), warned the US Senate’s foreign affairs committee that Islamic State (ISIS) is regrouping in Libya. He said “The status of ISIS in Libya is they are right now regrouping. They’re in...
by Jason | Mar 14, 2017 | International actors
On 14 March, the UK, US, French and Italian ambassadors expressed their “strong concern” over the fate of Libya’s oil facilities and called for an end to hostilities in the Oil Crescent to protect Libya’s most critical oil asset. They said, “Oil infrastructure,...
by Jason | Mar 14, 2017 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 14 March, Libyan National Army (LNA) forces launched a counter attack against the Benghazi Defence Brigades (BDB) from Brega. By the afternoon of 14 March, LNA spokesperson Ahmed al-Mismari claimed that the routed BDB forces had retreated to Misrata and Jufra, and...
