by Jason | Mar 14, 2017 | ISIS
On 9 March, Marine General Thomas Waldhauser, the head of US Africa Command (AFRICOM), warned the US Senate’s foreign affairs committee that Islamic State (ISIS) is regrouping in Libya. He said “The status of ISIS in Libya is they are right now regrouping. They’re in...
by Jason | Mar 14, 2017 | International actors
On 14 March, the UK, US, French and Italian ambassadors expressed their “strong concern” over the fate of Libya’s oil facilities and called for an end to hostilities in the Oil Crescent to protect Libya’s most critical oil asset. They said, “Oil infrastructure,...
by Jason | Mar 14, 2017 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 14 March, Libyan National Army (LNA) forces launched a counter attack against the Benghazi Defence Brigades (BDB) from Brega. By the afternoon of 14 March, LNA spokesperson Ahmed al-Mismari claimed that the routed BDB forces had retreated to Misrata and Jufra, and...
by Jason | Mar 14, 2017 | Libyan actors
On 12 March, around 30 members of the House of Representatives (HoR) met in Tripoli to reiterate their support for the Libyan Political Agreement (LPA). On 10 March, 75 HoR members issued a letter outlining their support for the LPA despite the HoR’s vote last week to...
by Jason | Mar 7, 2017 | ISIS
Following the Benghazi Defence Brigades’ (BDB) swift advance against Khalifa Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA) forces in the Oil Crescent on 3 March, BDB commander Mustafa Sharksi said “our goal is to rescue Benghazi from Haftar and return displaced families to...
by Jason | Mar 7, 2017 | International actors
On 6 March, the Egyptian National Committee on Libya issued a statement calling on Libyan parties to continue with political negotiations brokered by Egypt, Algeria and Tunisia. This regional troika recently established a framework under which a joint committee with...
by Jason | Mar 7, 2017 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 3 March, a loose alliance of Islamist-affiliated militias, including the Benghazi Defence Brigades (BDB), former Ibrahim Jadhran loyalists and units from other allied factions (some reportedly affiliated with al-Qaeda and Ansar al-Sharia) launched a multi-pronged...
by Jason | Mar 7, 2017 | Libyan actors
On 3 March, following the advance by the Benghazi Defence Forces (BDB) against the Libyan National Army (LNA) in the Oil Crescent, the UN-backed Presidential Council (PC) issued a statement condemning the escalation. It stated it “did not give any order to any...
by Jason | Feb 28, 2017 | ISIS
On 22 February, two young jihadi fighters who reportedly fought for Islamic State (ISIS) were arrested in Ajdabiya by a group calling itself the Tariq Ibn Ziyad Brigade. They had escaped the Libyan National Army (LNA) siege in Benghazi. One of the men was Mohamed...
by Jason | Feb 28, 2017 | International actors
The House of Representatives (HoR) is still struggling to appoint a committee to negotiate amendments to the Libyan Political Agreement (LPA) on its behalf. Last week, the HoR President Ageelah Saleh gave the HoR an ultimatum to appoint a new representative committee...
