by Jason | Jan 24, 2017 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 16 January, the head of the Libyan National Army (LNA)’s Operation Dignity command centre, Brig Abdussalam al-Hassi, announced the full takeover of Abu Saneeb area of Benghazi from the coalition of jihadis after the LNA continued its advance in Abu Saneeb with air...
by Jason | Jan 24, 2017 | Libyan actors
In Tripoli, sporadic clashes took place last week between various militias affiliated with the Government of National Accord (GNA), and other hard-line anti-Haftar, Islamist militias nominally loyal to Khalifa al-Ghwell. A new armed group called the Serraj Protection...
by Jason | Jan 17, 2017 | ISIS
On 10 January, the Benghazi Shura Revolutionary Council (BRSC) said that the Islamic State (ISIS) breakout from the besieged Benghazi areas of Sabri and Ganfuda on 5 January caused ‘some’ disarray in their ranks, calling the ISIS withdrawal a ‘betrayal’. The BRSC and...
by Jason | Jan 17, 2017 | International actors
On 11 January, Khalifa Haftar, the commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA), was formally received aboard the Admiral Kuznetsov, Russia’s only aircraft carrier in the Mediterranean. The Russian vessel is currently anchored off the coast of Tubruk. While on board,...
by Jason | Jan 17, 2017 | Other Jihadi Actors
Last week, clashes resumed between the Libyan National Army (LNA) commanded by Haftar and the coalition of jihadis in Benghazi as the LNA attempted to take full control of the Abu Saneeb area of Ganfuda. On 12 January, 17 year old Mohammed Sallabi was killed in a...
by Jason | Jan 17, 2017 | Libyan actors
On 12 January, militias allied to Khalifa al-Ghwell, leader of a rival government in Tripoli, seized several ministerial buildings in Tripoli. Al-Ghwell took over the Government of National Accord’s (GNA) Ministry of Defense, seizing it just hours after a meeting was...
by Jason | Jan 10, 2017 | ISIS
On 4 January, an ISIS fighter from Derna conducted a suicide bombing against Government of National Accord (GNA) aligned al-Bunyan al-Marsus forces in the eastern area of Sirte, however no casualties were reported. On 8 January, an ISIS member captured by the LNA...
by Jason | Jan 10, 2017 | International actors
On 9 January, the Italian Foreign Ministry announced it was sending its ambassador back to Libya. Italy was the last Western nation to close its embassy in Libya in 2015. Now, it is the first Western diplomatic mission to reopen. The Foreign Ministry’s statement said...
by Jason | Jan 10, 2017 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 5 January, a group of jihadi fighters including ISIS, Ansar al-Sharia (AS) and Benghazi Revolutionary Shura Council (BRSC) militants attempted a coordinated breakout from the Sabri and Ganfuda areas in Benghazi, which are currently besieged by Libyan National Army...
by Jason | Jan 10, 2017 | Libyan actors
On 2 January, units from Misrata’s Third Force retook the strategic checkpoint of Gweirat al-Mal that lies between Brak and Temenhint airbases in south-west Libya. Libyan National Army (LNA) forces had seized the checkpoint last week. The Misratan advance took the LNA...
