by Jason | Jan 9, 2018 | ISIS
On 9 January, Tripoli’s Special Deterrent Force (Rada) announced the arrest of two ISIS fighters – Mohammed Abdullah Balah (Abu Ayoub) and Siraj Khalifa Ali Abdul Rahman al-Jahawi (Abu Huraira) – who confessed to being responsible for the failed Vehicle-Borne...
by Jason | Jan 9, 2018 | Other Jihadi Actors
While there has been a significant amount of armed group activity in Libya this week there have been no notable incidences connected to Jihadi actors outside of ISIS. For ISIS activity, see the ISIS in Action section.
by Jason | Jan 9, 2018 | International actors
On 8 January, Government of National Accord (GNA) head Fayez al-Serraj met with UN Envoy to Libya Ghassan Salame in Tripoli. The two discussed the latest political developments in Libya including the GNA’s military deployment to Zuwara and the Libyan-Tunisian border...
by Jason | Jan 9, 2018 | Libyan actors
On 5 January, the Government of National Accord (GNA) launched a military deployment, led by its Western Region military commander Usama Juwaili, to target ‘smugglers and armed groups’ in and around Zuwara, near the border with Tunisia. The deployment triggered brief...
by Jason | Jan 2, 2018 | ISIS
ISIS sympathetic telegram accounts are reported to be accusing the Benghazi Revolutionaries Shura Council (BRSC) of having a deal with the Libyan National Army to allow its fighters to flee to Derna after being removed from the Sidi Khrebish district in central...
by Jason | Jan 2, 2018 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 28 December, the Libyan National Army (LNA) announced the full purge of jihadist forces from Benghazi. This follows on from clashes, arrests and airstrikes on the Sidi Khrebish district in central Benghazi by LNA affiliated forces in the last week. The announcement...
by Jason | Jan 2, 2018 | International actors
UN envoy Ghassan Salame’s said on 28 December that he would not meet with or enter into dialogue with Saif al-Islam Qadhafi as he is wanted on charges of war crimes by the International Criminal Court (ICC). Salame previously said that Libya’s planned 2018 elections...
by Jason | Jan 2, 2018 | Libyan actors
On 27 December, the Libyan National Army (LNA) spokesperson Ahmed Mismari gave a long press release reaffirming the LNA’s commitment to elections on conditions that the High National Elections Commission (HNEC) is restructured to ensure that ‘Islamist’ elements do not...
by Jason | Dec 26, 2017 | ISIS
On 24 December, a mass gave thought to contain the bodies of as many as twenty ISIS fighters was uncovered in the al-Manara neighborhood of Sirte following a report from a local resident. Al-Manara saw the most intense clashes between ISIS and the al-Bunyan al-Marsous...
by Jason | Dec 26, 2017 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 26 December, unknown attackers caused an explosion on the Zagout-Sidra oil pipeline. The explosion occurred on the pipeline 256km south east of Sidra and 25km north of Marada. The attackers are reported to have arrived at the site in two cars and planted explosives...
