by Jason | Apr 19, 2017 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 15 April, reinforcements from the southern Libya Shield forces, led by Islamist commander Ahmed Abdul Jalil Al-Hasnawi, arrived at Temenhint airbase to back up the Government of National Accord (GNA)-affiliated forces, including the Misratan Third Force and the...
by Jason | Apr 19, 2017 | International actors
On 13 April, the US Treasury Department’s Office of Public Affairs (OFAC) implemented sanctions on several individuals determined responsible for funnelling money to ISIS in Libya. Ali Ahmidah Al-Safrani, Abd Al-Hadi Zarqun and Hammam Hamani, were all designated by...
by Jason | Apr 19, 2017 | Libyan actors
Various actors representing the Government of National Accord (GNA), including local mayors, denounced the use of the conflict in the South as a proxy battlefield between Libyan actors fighting for control of the country. GNA President Fayez Serraj called for the...
by Jason | Apr 11, 2017 | ISIS
On 6 April, 28 Eritrean and 5 Nigerian women and children who were captured and enslaved by ISIS in Sirte were released from prison in Misrata, where they had been held since the Misratan-led al-Bunyan al-Marsus forces ousted ISIS from the city in December. The women...
by Jason | Apr 11, 2017 | International actors
On 10 April, Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar met with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan. Al-Nahyan is the deputy supreme commander of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) armed forces. Al-Nahyan praised the Libyan National Army (LNA) for its role in...
by Jason | Apr 11, 2017 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 10 April, Saudi-owned Al Arabiya printed images of what it claims is a secret prison in the Ganfuda district of Benghazi. It claims people were imprisoned and tortured by jihadi fighters in the prison. Mohammed al-Zwai, a spokesperson for the Libyan National Army...
by Jason | Apr 11, 2017 | Libyan actors
On 5 April, the Libyan National Army (LNA) conducted airstrikes against Teminhint airbase near Sebha in south-west Libya. On 6 April, the LNA deployed Mohamed Bin Nayel’s 12th Brigade to besiege the base. Teminhint is controlled by the Misratan-led Third Force, which...
by Jason | Apr 8, 2017 | EOIL Publications
Migration and Jihadism in the Sahel April 2017 Rhiannon Smith has edited a report on Migration and Jihadism in the Sahel, authored by Dominic MacIver and published by Norwegian think tank Hate Speech International. The report looks at political rhetoric conflating...
by Jason | Apr 4, 2017 | ISIS
In Benghazi, the areas of Sabri and Souq al-Hout, adjacent to the port in the centre of the city, are the final enclaves controlled by the loose jihadist coalition of Benghazi Revolutionary Shura Council (BRSC) and Islamic State (ISIS) fighters. Last week, conflict...
by Jason | Apr 4, 2017 | International actors
On 31 March, the European Council issued a statement extending the European Union sanctions against three Libyan actors for a further six months: Agila Saleh, president of the House of Representatives (HoR); Khalifa al-Ghwell, prime minister and defence minister of...
