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...
by Jason | Aug 29, 2017 | ISIS
On 23 August, Islamic State (ISIS) fighters attacked the Libyan National Army (LNA)-controlled al-Fugaha checkpoint in Jufra around 400km south of Sirte. LNA spokesman Ahmed Mismari said that eleven people were beheaded – two civilians and nine LNA fighters,...
by Jason | Aug 29, 2017 | International actors
On 24 August, British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson traveled to Benghazi, in the first high-profile visit by a British Minister to the city in years. Johnson’s Benghazi trip was part of a two-day visit to Libya during which he also met Government of National Accord...
by Jason | Aug 29, 2017 | Other Jihadi Actors
Last week, Usama Jadhran was arrested in Misrata as he attempted to depart the city en route to Istanbul. Usama is the brother of notorious Oil Crescent warlord Ibrahim Jadhran. He was arrested by local Misratan security authorities for his alleged membership of the...
by Jason | Aug 29, 2017 | Libyan actors
Several leading actors in eastern Libya appear to have launched bids for the prospective presidential elections in 2018. There are new populist moves in Benghazi to ‘nominate’ Khalifa Haftar for the presidency. Aref Nayed, a wealthy Libyan diplomat who serves as...
by Jason | Aug 23, 2017 | ISIS
Islamic State (ISIS) militants attacked the Libyan National Army (LNA)-controlled al-Fogha checkpoint near Jufra this morning, killing at least nine soldiers and two civilians. According to LNA spokesman Ahmed Mismari, the eleven victims were beheaded and many others...
by Jason | Aug 23, 2017 | ISIS
On 21 August, two individuals were tried on terror charges in Tripoli after alleged involvement in a series of attacks in the capital, including the assault on the Corinthia Hotel in January 2015, in which nine people were killed. The defendants have not been named...
