by Jason | Jul 4, 2017 | Other Jihadi Actors
Khalifa Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA) has taken full control of the Souq al-Hout area in central Benghazi and the Benghazi local council have started clean-up operations in the surrounding area. The remaining jihadists are now boxed into a 2 square kilometre...
by Jason | Jul 4, 2017 | Libyan actors
On 2 July, 16 senior political figures from Misrata attended a high profile meeting in Egypt at the invitation of the Egyptian Chief of Staff, Mahmoud Hijazy, and Foreign Minister, Sameh Shoukry. The Misratan delegation was headed by High Council of State (HCS) member...
by Jason | Jun 28, 2017 | ISIS
On 24 June, forces belonging to the GNA-aligned, Misrata-led al-Bunyan al-Marsus (BM) forces reportedly captured an ISIS fighter, while another fighter escaped, during a BM operation to retrieve hijacked fuel trucks in Wadi Bay, south of Sirte. On 20 June, a lone-wolf...
by Jason | Jun 28, 2017 | International actors
On 25 June, Haftar received a UAE Armed Forces delegation led by Deputy Chief of Staff Major General al-Mazrouei in al-Rajmah, Benghazi. The LNA said that the meeting fell within “the framework of brotherhood and cooperation between Libya and UAE at all levels.” This...
by Jason | Jun 28, 2017 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 23 June, the Benghazi Defense Brigade (BDB), an Islamist and Misratan aligned force which attacked the Oil Crescent ports in March, announced it will dissolve itself and that some members will enlist in the formation of a legitimate Libyan army. The group cited a...
by Jason | Jun 28, 2017 | Libyan actors
Last week, Libyan National Army (LNA) commander Khalifa Haftar met with the heads of various eastern Libyan tribes in the LNA headquarters of Rajmah in Benghazi. He expressed to the leaders his concerns about the lack of progress towards a House of Representatives...
by Jason | Jun 28, 2017 | EOIL Publications
تقرير | نشأة وتطور تنظيم داعش في ليبيا أطلق مركز رفيق الحريري للشرق الأوسط تقريره الجديد عن تنظيم داعش في ليبيا تحت عنوان “نشأة وتطور تنظيم داعش في ليبيا”، هذا التقرير يرصد تحول الساحة الليبية لتكون ساحة للتنظيمات الجهادية العالمية، مع التركيز على تنظيم داعش، فضلا عن...
by Jason | Jun 20, 2017 | ISIS
Although Sirte is gradually recovering following the eviction of ISIS in December last year, tensions are growing between the Salafist 604 brigade, which currently helps to secure the city, and other forces from the Government of National Accord (GNA) aligned...
by Jason | Jun 20, 2017 | International actors
On 16 June, the UN Secretary General nominated Lebanese professor and politician Ghassan Salame as UN Special Envoy for Libya, in replacement of outgoing envoy Martin Kobler. The UN Security Council approved the appointment on 20 June. The US vetoed the appointment of...
