by Jason | Sep 26, 2017 | Libyan actors
On 25 September, presidential hopeful Basit Igtet landed in Mitiga airport and led small crowds from Tajoura to Martyrs Square to demonstration against the Government of National Accord (GNA). However, the crowds remained relatively small and their demands were...
by Jason | Sep 20, 2017 | International actors
Following a recent trip around Libya, new UN envoy Ghassan Salame has made steadfast strides towards the near impossible task of getting the multitude of international actors behind his new Libyan roadmap for political unity. On 15 September, the UN Security Council...
by Jason | Sep 20, 2017 | Other Jihadi Actors
The demonstrations planned by presidential hopeful Basit Igtet in Tripoli’s Martyrs’ Square on September 25, come in a context of increased tensions in the capital city. Islamist ‘hardliners’ have been quick to back Igtet, including the Grand Mufti Sadeq al-Ghariani...
by Jason | Sep 20, 2017 | ISIS
The Derna Mujahadeen Shura Council (DMSC) released a statement on 18 September, declaring that ISIS had executed the nine foreigners they abducted from al-Ghani oil field in March 2015. The DMSC stated that its forces found five unidentified foreign bodies during a...
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...
