by Jason | Oct 4, 2016 | International actors
On 3 October, France hosted a meeting of international and regional foreign ministers in Paris, with the aim of re-aligning the international community’s diplomatic efforts towards Libya. The meeting came at the request of PM Fayez al-Serraj, after he met with the...
by Jason | Oct 4, 2016 | Other Jihadi Actors
In Tripoli, tensions between local militias and Islamist militias, which include the Benghazi Defence Brigades, bubbled to the surface last week. The most significant incident was the detention of an Islamist militia member linked to the former Libyan Islamic...
by Jason | Oct 4, 2016 | Libyan actors
Over the last two weeks, Abdul Razak Nazhouri, the LNA Chief of Staff and military governor of the Eastern region, has replaced the mayors of Benghazi, Ajdabiya, Shahat, Al Abyar and Kufrah with military officers, while the mayors of Tubruq and Sloug have also...
by Jason | Sep 27, 2016 | ISIS
In Sirte, ISIS forces are still confined within the coastal residential districts of Hay Al-Gizah and 600 Flats, a small enclave of two to three square kilometres in the east of the city. ISIS fighters have heavily barricaded this area with sand blockades and...
by Jason | Sep 27, 2016 | International actors
On 22 September, 22 countries, plus the European Union, United Nations, the League of Arab States, and the African Union, issued a joint communiqué on Libya, reiterating commitment to the Libyan Political Agreement (LPA) signed in Skhirat last year. The communiqué...
by Jason | Sep 27, 2016 | Other Jihadi Actors
In Benghazi, intermittent clashes were ongoing between the Libyan National Army (LNA) and jihadists in the south-western districts of Ganfuda and Guwarsha throughout last week. Jihadists managed to target the outer perimeter of Benghazi’s Benina airport with mortars,...
by Jason | Sep 27, 2016 | Libyan actors
On 21 September, the High Council of State (HCS), a consultative body enshrined by the LPA, announced that it was ‘compelled’ to take over full legislative powers from the HoR because the HoR’s president, Ageela Saleh, is helping Haftar and the military to...
by Jason | Sep 20, 2016 | ISIS
On 18 September, the GNA’s Misratan-led Bunyan Marsous (BM) forces resumed their ‘final’ push to destroy remaining pockets of ISIS fighters in Sirte after a two-week break. Two ISIS SVBIED’s were destroyed before they could reach their targets, while artillery...
by Jason | Sep 20, 2016 | International actors
The international community initially condemned the Libyan National Army (LNA)’s seizure of the ports last week. On 13 September, Martin Kobler, the UN Envoy for Libya, was unsuccessful in convincing the UN Security Council to issue a new resolution with punitive...
by Jason | Sep 20, 2016 | Other Jihadi Actors
Fighting in Benghazi reduced dramatically in the last week, with only intermittent clashes taking place between the Libyan National Army (LNA) and jihadists in the south-western enclave of Ganfuda and Guwarsha. Six soldiers belonging to 115 infantry brigade from Marj...
