by Jason | May 23, 2017 | Libyan actors
On 18 May, Misratan led-Third Force and units from the Benghazi Defence Brigades (BDB) affiliated with the Government of National Accord (GNA) conducted an attack on Brak al-Shatti airbase controlled by Libyan National Army (LNA) in south-west Libya. The surprise...
by Jason | May 23, 2017 | EOIL Publications
Tactical Lessons from the Ejection of ISIS from Sirte May 23, 2017 In the second instalment for Atlantic Council, Dr Alia Brahimi and Jason Pack discuss the tactical lessons that can be learnt from the ejection of ISIS from Sirte in December 2016. Although the authors...
by Jason | May 17, 2017 | EOIL Publications
Strategic Lessons from the Ejection of ISIS from Sirte May 17, 2017 In an article for the Atlantic Council’s MENASource, Dr Alia Brahimi and Jason Pack write the first of two article looking at valuable lessons that can be learned from the ejection of the...
by Jason | May 16, 2017 | ISIS
On 14 May, three fuel trucks were seized by ISIS fighters on the road from Abu Grien to Jufra, the same road where the ISIS attack on Misratan fighters took place on 7 May. The hijacking took place near the Great Man Made River crossing at Wadi Bey, south west of...
by Jason | May 16, 2017 | International actors
On 10 May, Libya’s oil production passed the National Oil Corporation’s (NOC) target of 800,000 barrels per day (bpd), following the reopening of a number of oil fields in the Oil Crescent last week. However, the NOC’s efforts to increase oil production further have...
by Jason | May 16, 2017 | Other Jihadi Actors
Libyan National Army (LNA) forces continued to launch heavy airstrikes against jihadist fighters besieged in Sabri and Souq al-Hout in Benghazi last week. On 13 May, Faraj Juma al-Sallabi, a member of the Benghazi Revolutionaries Shura Council (BRSC) and Libya Shield...
by Jason | May 16, 2017 | Libyan actors
On 8 and 9 May, anti- Government of National Accord (GNA) militias mobilized south of Tripoli and deployed forces to various locations in the area in preparation for a new operation in the capital dubbed ‘Libya Honor’ by Salah Badi, a prominent Misratan militia...
by Jason | May 9, 2017 | ISIS
On 7 May, ISIS’s official media arm claimed responsibility for an ambush of fighters belonging to the Government of National Accord (GNA) affiliated Misratan Third Force 100km south-west of Sirte. The Misratans were attacked in the al-Loud agricultural district as...
by Jason | May 9, 2017 | International actors
Following last week’s much-touted meeting between Government of National Accord (GNA) Prime Minister Fayez al- Serraj and eastern military commander Field Marshall Khalifa Haftar in Abu Dhabi, there are rumours that a second meeting is due to take place between the...
by Jason | May 9, 2017 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 4 May, the Libyan National Army (LNA) tentatively began a ground assault against the remaining jihadist enclaves in Sabri and Souq al-Hout in central Benghazi. They met with fierce resistance from jihadist fighters who are deploying IEDs and explosives in these...
