by Jason | Nov 29, 2016 | ISIS
On 25 November, four members of a single family were beheaded in their house in Khoms, with graffiti left behind claiming ISIS was responsible. The motive and perpetrators of the attack are unknown, but locals say that the family belongs to a branch of Salafism whose...
by Jason | Nov 29, 2016 | International actors
Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar visited Moscow on 27 November, reportedly with a request for Russian arms and military support for his Libyan National Army (LNA) forces. Russian media outlets report that during his visit Haftar is set to meet with senior figures...
by Jason | Nov 29, 2016 | Other Jihadi Actors
In Tripoli, the murder of a high profile Dar al-Ifta Cleric has heightened tensions in the capital between Salafist denominated RADA forces (who are also affiliated with the GNA) and other Islamist hard-line forces who follow the Grand Mufti Sadeq al-Ghariyani. On 25...
by Jason | Nov 29, 2016 | Libyan actors
In an interview on 28 November, Prime Minister of the GNA Fayez Serraj said that the Presidential Council (PC) will not submit a new Cabinet line-up to the House of Representatives (HoR). The HoR had demanded the PC submit a new list following its rejection of...
by Jason | Nov 22, 2016 | ISIS
On 16 November and 19 November, the Misratan-led al-Bunyan al-Marsus (BM) forces aligned with the GNA suffered losses as ISIS fighters managed to launch commando missions against the forces. With more than 650 BM fighters killed and 3,000 injured since the battle for...
by Jason | Nov 22, 2016 | International actors
On 17 November, a meeting was held in Rome between the Presidential Council (PC), Central Bank of Libya (CBL) and the National Oil Corporation (NOC). The meeting was a follow on from the international summit on Libya’s economic situation which was held in London three...
by Jason | Nov 22, 2016 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 17 and 18 November, Libyan National Army (LNA) forces retook the symbolic and long-contested ‘Guwarsha gate’ in Benghazi, the main base in the city for the Benghazi Revolutionaries Shura Council (BRSC) and Ansar al-Sharia jihadists who have been fighting the LNA...
by Jason | Nov 22, 2016 | Libyan actors
In Tripoli, the body of Sheikh Nader al-Omrani was discovered on 20 November. Omrani was a member of Dar al-Ifta and a close associate of the Grand Mufti Sadeq al-Ghariani. A video of the alleged kidnapper, a Salafist believed to be connected to RADA (Special...
by Jason | Nov 15, 2016 | ISIS
The spokesperson for the Misratan-led al-Bunyan al-Marsus (BM) forces aligned with the GNA said this week that the area in Sirte controlled by ISIS fighters is ‘less than the size of a football pitch’. BM forces said they are delaying a final push into the remaining...
by Jason | Nov 15, 2016 | International actors
On 9-10 November, the Libyan Dialogue Committee overseeing the UN-backed Libyan Political Agreement (LPA) met in Malta to discuss a way out of the current political impasse within the HoR, which is preventing the GNA from receiving legal recognition. This...
