by Jason | Nov 14, 2017 | International actors
On 9 November, Mustafa al-Imam, a suspect in the September 2012 attack against the US Special Mission in Benghazi, who was captured from Misrata in October and transported to the US to stand trial, entered a plea of not guilty to terrorism-related charges in the US...
by Jason | Nov 14, 2017 | Libyan actors
On 10 November, the Government of National Accord’s (GNA) military campaign – dubbed ‘Tidings of Security’ – against the Libyan National Army (LNA)-affiliated 4th Brigade in Wershefana, south west of Tripoli, concluded ‘successfully’. The 4th Brigade...
by Jason | Nov 7, 2017 | EOIL Publications
Defusing the Ticking ‘Jihadist’ Timebomb: Can Transitional Justice Help Counter the Trend of Radicalisation in Tunisia? 6 November 2017 In a new working paper published by Hate Speech International, Houda Mzioudet and Eye on ISIS’s Rhiannon Smith...
by Jason | Nov 7, 2017 | ISIS
On 4 November, a Libyan National Army (LNA) security post on the road between Jufra and Brak al-Shatti in south-west Libya was attacked by unknown assailants. Two LNA fighters were killed and four others were injured. The attack has not been attributed to ISIS nor...
by Jason | Nov 7, 2017 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 5 November, the GNA- appointed Deputy Minister for Interior in Benghazi, Faraj Gaem, survived an IED assassination attempt on his motorcade. Seven of his men were badly injured. On the same day, intense clashes broke out in Benghazi’s city centre between the Libyan...
by Jason | Nov 7, 2017 | International actors
On 1 November, British police said they had issued an arrest warrant for Hasham Abedi, the brother of Salman Abedi who carried out the Manchester bombings in May. Abedi is wanted in connection for murder, attempted murder and conspiracy to cause an explosion. The...
by Jason | Nov 7, 2017 | Libyan actors
On 1 November, a new large-scale military campaign was launched in Wershefana, south of Tripoli. The campaign has been dubbed ‘Tidings of Security.’ This implicitly Government of National Accord (GNA) sanctioned military campaign has begun to gain significant...
by Jason | Oct 31, 2017 | ISIS
An attack on the ‘Tisan’ checkpoint 60km south of Ajdabiya on 25 October killed at least 3 Libyan National Army (LNA) fighters and left another two injured. The ISIS Amaq news agency released a statement taking responsibility for the attack. Survivors...
by Jason | Oct 31, 2017 | International actors
Late on 29 October, US Special Operations forces captured Mustafa al-Imam in Misrata, Libya. Imam was targeted because of his alleged connection to the 11 September 2012 attack on the US Special Mission in Benghazi. Reuters reported that officials from Libyan National...
by Jason | Oct 31, 2017 | Other Jihadi Actors
36 bodies were discovered in a mass grave by al-Abyar town, 50km south west of Benghazi on 26 October. The dead were found handcuffed and seem to have been executed in the style attributed to Mahmoud al-Werfalli, a field commander of the Libyan National Army’s (LNA)...
