by Jason | Jun 20, 2017 | Other Jihadi Actors
There was fierce fighting throughout last week between the Libyan National Army (LNA) and jihadists from the Benghazi Revolutionary Shura Council (BRSC). On 13 June, the LNA fully seized Benghazi’s iconic Tahrir Square and the courthouse that faces it – this is where...
by Jason | Jun 20, 2017 | Libyan actors
On 12 June, the Tripoli Revolutionary Brigade held an Iftar for the families of former regime figures that were ‘liberated’ from the control of Islamists during the clashes in Tripoli last month. On 17 June, a convoy of militias from Misrata said to be affiliated to...
by Jason | Jun 20, 2017 | EOIL Publications
REPORT: The Origins and Evolution of ISIS in Libya June 20, 2017 For the past three decades, Libya has been a rich recruiting ground for the global jihad. Investigating the precursors and then subsequent evolution of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) and...
by Jason | Jun 14, 2017 | ISIS
On 6 June, the Libyan National Army (LNA) affiliated 116 Brigade said it had apprehended a jihadist cell, composed of fighters who fled from Benghazi, during an anti-terrorism raid in Sebha. The 166 Brigade, which is led by Masud al-Jeddi, claimed that one of those...
by Jason | Jun 14, 2017 | International actors
The diplomatic isolation and blockade of Qatar, initiated by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain last week, has had a significant impact on the Libyan political situation. On 9 June, these countries issued a blacklist of Qatari-funded individuals...
by Jason | Jun 14, 2017 | Other Jihadi Actors
On 7 June, the Misrata Municipal Council issued a statement banning the Benghazi Defence Brigades (BDB) from re-entering Misrata city with their weapons and demanding that the BDB hand over individuals implicated in terrorism to state authorities. On 6 June, leaders...
by Jason | Jun 14, 2017 | Libyan actors
the Libyan National Army (LNA), said that Saif al-Islam al-Qadhafi, Muammar al-Qadhafi’s son, had been released from its custody. Apparently, Saif was released by order of the Justice Ministry of the House of Representatives’ (HoR) Bayda government, in accordance with...
by Jason | Jun 12, 2017 | EOIL Publications
On 20 June, the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Centre will convene a discussion on its new report, The Origins and Evolution of ISIS in Libya. The unique, comprehensive, and groundbreaking report examines the jihadist dynamics in Libya and offers...
by Jason | Jun 7, 2017 | EOIL Publications
Mapping Libya’s Jihadists June 7, 2017 In a long form article for Norwegian NGO Hate Speech International, Jason Pack and Rhiannon Smith map out the history and context of Libya’s myriad jihadist groups. Six years after protests first erupted in February...
by Jason | Jun 6, 2017 | ISIS
On 5 June, the anti-crime unit of Misrata’s security forces released a recording that claims to show the ‘confessions’ of ISIS fighter Ahmed al-Mshiti. Known as Aseeda, he was one of the leading ISIS figures in the Sabri area of Benghazi, and was captured on his...
