by Jason | Sep 20, 2017 | Libyan actors
On 16 September, clashes broke out in Sabratha among units affiliated with the Anas Dabbashi Brigade and the 48 Brigade, sometimes referred to as the ‘Anti-ISIS Task Force’ or the ‘al-Wadi’ militia. It is reported that Dabbashi fighters were shot at around a...
by Jason | Sep 13, 2017 | ISIS
The re-emergence of Islamic State (ISIS) cells in central and southern Libya last month has led both the Libyan National Army (LNA) and the Government of National Accord’s (GNA) al-Bunyan al- Marsus to deploy large forces to the region. The LNA, which currently...
by Jason | Sep 13, 2017 | International actors
On 5 September, Italy’s Interior Minister Marco Minitti visited Commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA) Khalifa Haftar in Benghazi just a day after the French FM Jean-Yves Le Drian completed his tour of Libya. This was Minitti’s first meeting with Haftar and he is...
by Jason | Sep 13, 2017 | Other Jihadi Actors
The Derna Mujahedeen Shura Council (DMSC) – a jihadist coalition which controls Derna – is experiencing significant local backlash after the alleged abduction, torture and killing of Munsef Krikish, a pro- LNA Salafist resident of Derna on 4 September. According...
by Jason | Sep 13, 2017 | Libyan actors
On 9 September the African Union hosted a summit on Libya in Brazzaville, attended by Government of National Accord (GNA) Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj, House of Representatives (HoR) President Ageelah Saleh and High Council of State (HCS) head Abdurrahman al-Swehli....
by Jason | Sep 5, 2017 | ISIS
ISIS media claimed responsibility for a car bomb attack on a Libyan National Army (LNA) checkpoint at the entrance of al-Nawfaliya town, on 31 August. The attack 100 km east of Sirte, left four dead and eight others injured. It was reported that ISIS units moved in to...
by Jason | Sep 5, 2017 | International actors
The French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian visited Libya on 4 September, meeting first with GNA PM Fayez al-Serraj as well as Abdulrahman Swelli, head of the parliamentary council in Tripoli. The FM is set to visit Misrata and Benghazi later in the week and will...
by Jason | Sep 5, 2017 | Other Jihadi Actors
A senior member of the Benghazi Defence Brigades (BDB), Ahmed Bakir (aka al-Nahla), who is allegedly involved in supporting extremist groups by supplying them with foreign mercenaries and cooperating with ISIS, was detained by the Misrata Counter Terrorism Unit (CT)....
by Jason | Sep 5, 2017 | Libyan actors
On 30 August, Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj appointed Abdurrahman al-Tawil, head of the Government of National Accord’s (GNA) Temporary Security Arrangements Committee, as Chief of Staff of the Libyan Army under the GNA. This position had previously been left vacant...
by Jason | Aug 31, 2017 | EOIL Publications
The Decline of ISIS in Libya and the Levant is a Concern for Tunisia In an article for the Middle East Eye, Rhiannon Smith and Lachlan Wilson discuss how the military gains against ISIS first in Libya then in the Levant could have a destabilising impact on Tunisia...
