by Jason | Jan 3, 2017 | ISIS
Sources report there is evidence of an ISIS presence in the area between Bin Walid, Brak al-Shati and Sebha in southern Libya. ISIS fighters reportedly use the desert roads which connect to the Man Made River pipeline network to move between areas, raid supplies and...
by Jason | Jan 3, 2017 | International actors
Egypt and Algeria have intensified the pace of diplomacy with Libyan actors. Several meetings have taken place between various political players in both countries. Haftar’s visit to Algeria on 18 December coincided with that of Libyan Muslim Brotherhood leader Ali...
by Jason | Jan 3, 2017 | Other Jihadi Actors
Libyan National Army (LNA) gains in Ganfuda, an area in south-west Benghazi, against the jihadist coalition comprising the Benghazi Revolutionary Shura Council (BRSC) and Islamic State (ISIS), have slowed. For the last two weeks, LNA fighters maintained two no-fire...
by Jason | Jan 3, 2017 | Libyan actors
On 27 December, the Libyan National Army’s (LNA) 12th Force in southern Libya, commanded by Mohamed Bin Nayel, mobilized eastwards from Brak al-Shati airbase towards Temenhint airbase. This followed an earlier visit by senior Misratan military commanders to the...
by Jason | Dec 27, 2016 | ISIS
On 20 and 23 December, ISIS fighters reportedly attacked the main control station of the Man Made River pipe system. The site is located 50km north of the town of al-Shuwarif, situated on the road between Tripoli and Sebha. The site currently lies within the domain of...
by Jason | Dec 27, 2016 | International actors
On 19 December, US AFRICOM announced the conclusion of its aerial Operation Odyssey Lightning. This announcement came two days after the Government of National Accord (GNA) announced the end of offensive military operations in Sirte. Mine clearance operations are...
by Jason | Dec 27, 2016 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 25 December, the head of Misrata’s Military Council (MMC), the main umbrella organisation for Misrata’s participation in the al-Bunyan al-Marsus (BM) coalition, visited the Benghazi Defence Brigades’ (BDB) in their base in Hun, a town around 300km south of Sirte...
by Jason | Dec 27, 2016 | Libyan actors
On 23 December, a senior moderate cleric who was a symbolic figure for the Misratan militias that formed the core of the al-Bunyan al-Marsus (BM) coalition, such as the Halbous and Mahjoub brigades, was abducted, tortured and forced to leave the country. On 24...
by Jason | Dec 20, 2016 | ISIS
On 17 December, the Government of National Accord’s (GNA) Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj officially declared the military operation against Islamic State (ISIS) in Sirte complete and victorious. Although the city is now under the control of the Misratan-led al-Bunyan...
by Jason | Dec 20, 2016 | International actors
On 13-14 December, representatives from several countries attended a two-day conference organised by UNSMIL in Tunis with some members of the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA). The main purpose of the meetings was to discuss support for the establishment...
