by Jason | Nov 28, 2017 | ISIS
Last week, the Libyan National Army (LNA) declared the Oil Crescent to be a closed military zone after a number of ISIS convoys were seen inside Harawah town, between Sirte and Sidra. However, on 26 November, al-Ghani oil field, which is in LNA controlled territory...
by Jason | Nov 28, 2017 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 27 November, the Libyan National Army (LNA) conducted an airstrike on Derna Mujahedeen Shura Council (DMSC) targets in al-Dahra al-Hamar area south of Derna. On 23 November, a mutiny inside a Misratan prison among Islamist hardliners led to four prisoners fleeing,...
by Jason | Nov 28, 2017 | International actors
US Africa Command (AFRICOM) confirmed that US forces conducted two airstrikes against targets inside Libya on 17 and 19 November respectively. According to the statement, AFRICOM worked with the Government of National Accord (GNA) to launch the two ‘precision’...
by Jason | Nov 28, 2017 | Libyan actors
On 20 November, UN Special Envoy to Libya Ghassan Salame’s proposed amendments to the 2015 Libyan Political Agreement (LPA) were passed by the House of Representatives (HoR). The amendments have been the subject of UN-led talks between the delegations from HoR and...
by Jason | Nov 21, 2017 | ISIS
On 15 November, the Libyan National Army (LNA) said it had conducted two airstrikes against an ISIS target in the desert southeast of Sirte. According to an LNA air force commander, the target was a storage facility and hideout for ISIS fighters 90km south of Harawah....
by Jason | Nov 21, 2017 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 18 November, the Libyan National Army (LNA) conducted two airstrikes against Derna Mujahedeen Shura Council (DMSC) targets in al-Dahra al-Hamar area, south of Derna. The LNA has enforced a siege around Derna for nearly three years in an attempt to weaken the DMSC...
by Jason | Nov 21, 2017 | International actors
On 18 November, the head of the GNA, Fayez al-Serraj, held a meeting with US Deputy Secretary of State John J. Sullivan in Libya. Serraj and Sullivan discussed bilateral relations, economic cooperation, the petroleum sector and political development with Sullivan...
by Jason | Nov 21, 2017 | Libyan actors
The UN Envoy to Libya Ghassan Salame made a strong case to the UN Security Council on 15 November that the Libyan political process was still on track. He said that political negotiations between the House of Representatives (HoR) and the High Council of State (HCS)...
by Jason | Nov 14, 2017 | ISIS
ISIS is reported to have established temporary checkpoints 70 km south of Sirte on the road to Waddan and also near Bohadi village in the same district, on the 8 and 13 November respectively. The group is said to have stopped and searched civilian vehicles and seized...
by Jason | Nov 14, 2017 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 9 November, the Libyan National Army (LNA) claimed complete control of Sidi Khribesh district of Benghazi, in the downtown area close to the port. The LNA reportedly defeated the last remaining fighters from the jihadist coalition who had been hiding out there...
