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)...
by Jason | Oct 31, 2017 | Libyan actors
On 30 October, airstrikes of unknown origin hit the Dahr al-Hamar and al-Fatieh districts of Derna, located to the south of the city. The strikes killed at least 12 children and women, injured three adults and four children in addition. Reports indicate that the...
by Jason | Oct 25, 2017 | ISIS
Sources from the Libyan National Army (LNA) told UAE based news outlet, Alittihad, that Qatar is transferring Islamic State (ISIS) militants from Iraq and Syria to Libya. It is alleged that Doha intends for the fighters to regroup in the South of Libya after major...
by Jason | Oct 25, 2017 | Other Jihadi Actors
Clashes between the Libyan National Army (LNA) and the Derna Mujahedeen Shura Council (DMSC) resulted in the death of two young DMSC fighters. Salem Abdul Wahhab al-Gerbadi and Abdullah Idris al-Gabaili were killed in the Dahr al-Hamar area south of Derna, on 20...
by Jason | Oct 25, 2017 | International actors
On 22 October, the second round of meetings in the UN-facilitated Libyan political talks concluded without setting a plan or agenda for the next gathering of the Joint Drafting Committee. UN Envoy to Libya Ghassan Salame remains enthusiastic and has emphasized that...
by Jason | Oct 25, 2017 | Libyan actors
Since taking control over Sabratha in early October, Khalifa Haftar has strengthened his relationship with several important military leaders in the west of Libya. This week Misratan General Salem Juha, announced that it was important for Haftar to remain in control...
