by Jason | Oct 25, 2016 | Libyan actors
The statement issued on 19 October by military officers declaring that Khalifa Haftar was a ‘war criminal’ provoked outcry from PC member from eastern Libya Fathi al-Majbari, who condemned the event and demanded a clarification from Serraj and the...
by Jason | Oct 18, 2016 | ISIS
On 14 October, BM forces stormed the ‘Campo’ area between the First and Third Residential Districts. ISIS have been using this area to flank BM fighters as they attempt to surround ISIS’ enclave in the Third Residential District. 14 BM fighters died and 35 were...
by Jason | Oct 18, 2016 | International actors
In response to the coup attempt in Tripoli by Khalifa al-Ghwell, on 15 October, UN envoy to Libya Martin Kobler said: “I condemn yesterday’s attempt to seize the headquarters of the High Council of State. Such actions, aimed at creating parallel institutions and...
by Jason | Oct 18, 2016 | Other Jihadi Actors
Militants from the Benghazi Shura Revolutionary Council (BRSC) and ISIS are still resisting Libyan National Army (LNA) advances in Ganfuda in south west Benghazi, and Sabri/Souq al-Hout in the centre of Benghazi. Amaq, the ISIS media arm, released a clip showing a...
by Jason | Oct 18, 2016 | Libyan actors
On 14 October, Khalifa al-Ghwell, former prime minister of the General National Congress’ (GNC) government which was ousted by the UN-backed Presidential Council in March, led a group of anti-GNA militias and former GNC members to seize the Presidential Palaces in...
by Jason | Oct 11, 2016 | ISIS
On 7 October, the Misratan-led Bunyan al-Marsus (BM) forces fighting the Islamic State (ISIS) in Sirte launched a fresh assault against the Third Residential area (which includes the Hay al-Gizah and 600 Flats areas), the redoubt of the remaining ISIS fighters. BM...
by Jason | Oct 11, 2016 | International actors
Recently, Haftar’s envoys have been received by high level officials in several European capitals, indicating that Haftar’s leverage is growing. After the controversial regional powers meeting on Libya — which took place in Paris on 2 October — ended...
by Jason | Oct 11, 2016 | Other Jihadi Actors
In Benghazi, fighters from the Benghazi Shura Revolutionary Council (BRSC) and ISIS are still holding out in the Ganfuda, Sabri and Souq al-Hout areas. On 4 October, at least 5 civilians were killed in indiscriminate shelling of residential areas in Benghazi,...
by Jason | Oct 11, 2016 | Libyan actors
In western Libya, Omar Tantoush, a Wershefanan military leader who was side-lined by Haftar in favour of Idriss Madi for the position of LNA Operations Commander in western Libya, responded on October 3 with a show of force, gathering together his tribe’s militia...
by Jason | Oct 4, 2016 | ISIS
In Sirte, there was a lull in fighting for most of last week. Then, on 2 October, after ten early morning airstrikes launched by aircraft from Misrata’s air base academy, the Misratan-led Bunyan al-Marsus (BM) forces attempted a renewed assault on the remaining ISIS...
