by Jason | Jul 12, 2017 | ISIS
Misratan al-Bunyan al-Marsus (BM) forces, who nominally support the Government of National Accord (GNA), announced last week that they had skirmished with three units affiliated with the Libyan National Army (LNA) in Qasr Abu Hadi, south of Sirte, while they were on...
by Jason | Jul 12, 2017 | International actors
CNN has reported that according to US officials, there is a new diplomatic and military policy for Libya that could be finalized by the Trump administration in the next few weeks. This policy, if approved, could reportedly significantly expand US involvement in Libya...
by Jason | Jul 12, 2017 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 5 July, Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar declared that the Libyan National Army (LNA) had fully liberated Benghazi from the coalition of jihadists including the Benghazi Revolutionaries Shura Council (BRSC), Ansar al-Sharia and Islamic State (ISIS). However, skirmishes...
by Jason | Jul 12, 2017 | Libyan actors
On 9 July, major clashes broke out between pro and anti Government of National Accord (GNA) militias in Garaboulli, 30km east of Tripoli, after anti-GNA militias deployed forces with vehicles and heavy artillery to the area in a new bid to march on the capital and...
by Jason | Jul 10, 2017 | EOIL Publications
The Atlantic Council and Eye on ISIS in Libya have published a new interactive timeline that complements our recent publication “The Origins and Evolution of ISIS in Libya.” Track ISIS and other Jihadist Groups’ movements throughout Libya year by year. The site...
by Jason | Jul 4, 2017 | ISIS
On 28 June, two ISIS captives being held in Misrata, one Libyan and the other Egyptian, were said to have escaped from a prison belonging to the military intelligence agency in al-Kharrouba area in Misrata. The reports have not been independently verified and could be...
by Jason | Jul 4, 2017 | International actors
In an interview on 29 June with French newspaper La Matinale du Monde, French Defence Minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian, called Libya a ‘totally failed state’ and warned that although ISIS’ influence in Libya had been reduced, particularly around Sirte, Derna and Benghazi,...
by Jason | Jul 4, 2017 | Other Jihadi Actors
Khalifa Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA) has taken full control of the Souq al-Hout area in central Benghazi and the Benghazi local council have started clean-up operations in the surrounding area. The remaining jihadists are now boxed into a 2 square kilometre...
by Jason | Jul 4, 2017 | Libyan actors
On 2 July, 16 senior political figures from Misrata attended a high profile meeting in Egypt at the invitation of the Egyptian Chief of Staff, Mahmoud Hijazy, and Foreign Minister, Sameh Shoukry. The Misratan delegation was headed by High Council of State (HCS) member...
by Jason | Jun 28, 2017 | ISIS
On 24 June, forces belonging to the GNA-aligned, Misrata-led al-Bunyan al-Marsus (BM) forces reportedly captured an ISIS fighter, while another fighter escaped, during a BM operation to retrieve hijacked fuel trucks in Wadi Bay, south of Sirte. On 20 June, a lone-wolf...
