by Jason | Jan 3, 2017 | Libyan actors
On 27 December, the Libyan National Army’s (LNA) 12th Force in southern Libya, commanded by Mohamed Bin Nayel, mobilized eastwards from Brak al-Shati airbase towards Temenhint airbase. This followed an earlier visit by senior Misratan military commanders to the...
by Jason | Dec 27, 2016 | ISIS
On 20 and 23 December, ISIS fighters reportedly attacked the main control station of the Man Made River pipe system. The site is located 50km north of the town of al-Shuwarif, situated on the road between Tripoli and Sebha. The site currently lies within the domain of...
by Jason | Dec 27, 2016 | International actors
On 19 December, US AFRICOM announced the conclusion of its aerial Operation Odyssey Lightning. This announcement came two days after the Government of National Accord (GNA) announced the end of offensive military operations in Sirte. Mine clearance operations are...
by Jason | Dec 27, 2016 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 25 December, the head of Misrata’s Military Council (MMC), the main umbrella organisation for Misrata’s participation in the al-Bunyan al-Marsus (BM) coalition, visited the Benghazi Defence Brigades’ (BDB) in their base in Hun, a town around 300km south of Sirte...
by Jason | Dec 27, 2016 | Libyan actors
On 23 December, a senior moderate cleric who was a symbolic figure for the Misratan militias that formed the core of the al-Bunyan al-Marsus (BM) coalition, such as the Halbous and Mahjoub brigades, was abducted, tortured and forced to leave the country. On 24...
by Jason | Dec 20, 2016 | ISIS
On 17 December, the Government of National Accord’s (GNA) Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj officially declared the military operation against Islamic State (ISIS) in Sirte complete and victorious. Although the city is now under the control of the Misratan-led al-Bunyan...
by Jason | Dec 20, 2016 | International actors
On 13-14 December, representatives from several countries attended a two-day conference organised by UNSMIL in Tunis with some members of the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA). The main purpose of the meetings was to discuss support for the establishment...
by Jason | Dec 20, 2016 | Other Jihadi Actors
In Benghazi, the Libyan National Army (LNA) assault against a coalition of jihadists including Islamic State (ISIS), Ansar al-Sharia and Benghazi Revolutionaries Shura Council (BRSC) in the south-west area of Ganfuda is reaching its final stages. Last week, the LNA...
by Jason | Dec 20, 2016 | Libyan actors
On 14 December, Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar called on his officers and soldiers to be ready for the offensive to ‘free’ Tripoli. An LNA spokesperson said plans to achieve this were already underway. However, it is likely that any attempt by LNA forces to take Tripoli...
by Jason | Dec 13, 2016 | ISIS
On 6 December, the Government of National Accord (GNA)-aligned Misratan-led al-Bunyan al-Marsus (BM) forces celebrated the takeover of the final ISIS held area in Sirte (al-Jiza al-Bahriya). Footage and photographs showed BM forces rescuing the last groups of women...
