by Jason | Aug 31, 2017 | EOIL Publications
The Decline of ISIS in Libya and the Levant is a Concern for Tunisia In an article for the Middle East Eye, Rhiannon Smith and Lachlan Wilson discuss how the military gains against ISIS first in Libya then in the Levant could have a destabilising impact on Tunisia...
by Jason | Aug 29, 2017 | ISIS
On 23 August, Islamic State (ISIS) fighters attacked the Libyan National Army (LNA)-controlled al-Fugaha checkpoint in Jufra around 400km south of Sirte. LNA spokesman Ahmed Mismari said that eleven people were beheaded – two civilians and nine LNA fighters,...
by Jason | Aug 29, 2017 | International actors
On 24 August, British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson traveled to Benghazi, in the first high-profile visit by a British Minister to the city in years. Johnson’s Benghazi trip was part of a two-day visit to Libya during which he also met Government of National Accord...
by Jason | Aug 29, 2017 | Other Jihadi Actors
Last week, Usama Jadhran was arrested in Misrata as he attempted to depart the city en route to Istanbul. Usama is the brother of notorious Oil Crescent warlord Ibrahim Jadhran. He was arrested by local Misratan security authorities for his alleged membership of the...
by Jason | Aug 29, 2017 | Libyan actors
Several leading actors in eastern Libya appear to have launched bids for the prospective presidential elections in 2018. There are new populist moves in Benghazi to ‘nominate’ Khalifa Haftar for the presidency. Aref Nayed, a wealthy Libyan diplomat who serves as...
by Jason | Aug 23, 2017 | ISIS
Islamic State (ISIS) militants attacked the Libyan National Army (LNA)-controlled al-Fogha checkpoint near Jufra this morning, killing at least nine soldiers and two civilians. According to LNA spokesman Ahmed Mismari, the eleven victims were beheaded and many others...
by Jason | Aug 23, 2017 | ISIS
On 21 August, two individuals were tried on terror charges in Tripoli after alleged involvement in a series of attacks in the capital, including the assault on the Corinthia Hotel in January 2015, in which nine people were killed. The defendants have not been named...
by Jason | Aug 23, 2017 | Other Jihadi Actors
The Justice and Construction (JC) party, the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood in Libya, has turned on Tripoli’s Dar al-Ifta head, Sheikh Sadeq al-Ghariani after he pronounced that anyone who backed the Libyan Political Agreement (LPA) was “non-believer”....
by Jason | Aug 23, 2017 | International actors
The new UN Special Envoy to Libya, Ghassan Salame, visited all of Libya’s main power-broker cities on a one-week tour throughout the country, including Tripoli, Misrata, Zintan, as well as Benghazi. ( Government of National Accord (GNA) Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj...
by Jason | Aug 23, 2017 | Libyan actors
On 15 August, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a warrant for the arrest of the notorious Libyan National Army (LNA) Special Forces (Saiqa) Commander Mahmoud al-Werfalli for allegations of murder as a war crime in seven incidents, involving 33 persons, in...
