by Jason | Oct 18, 2016 | Libyan actors
On 14 October, Khalifa al-Ghwell, former prime minister of the General National Congress’ (GNC) government which was ousted by the UN-backed Presidential Council in March, led a group of anti-GNA militias and former GNC members to seize the Presidential Palaces in...
by Jason | Oct 11, 2016 | ISIS
On 7 October, the Misratan-led Bunyan al-Marsus (BM) forces fighting the Islamic State (ISIS) in Sirte launched a fresh assault against the Third Residential area (which includes the Hay al-Gizah and 600 Flats areas), the redoubt of the remaining ISIS fighters. BM...
by Jason | Oct 11, 2016 | International actors
Recently, Haftar’s envoys have been received by high level officials in several European capitals, indicating that Haftar’s leverage is growing. After the controversial regional powers meeting on Libya — which took place in Paris on 2 October — ended...
by Jason | Oct 11, 2016 | Other Jihadi Actors
In Benghazi, fighters from the Benghazi Shura Revolutionary Council (BRSC) and ISIS are still holding out in the Ganfuda, Sabri and Souq al-Hout areas. On 4 October, at least 5 civilians were killed in indiscriminate shelling of residential areas in Benghazi,...
by Jason | Oct 11, 2016 | Libyan actors
In western Libya, Omar Tantoush, a Wershefanan military leader who was side-lined by Haftar in favour of Idriss Madi for the position of LNA Operations Commander in western Libya, responded on October 3 with a show of force, gathering together his tribe’s militia...
by Jason | Oct 4, 2016 | ISIS
In Sirte, there was a lull in fighting for most of last week. Then, on 2 October, after ten early morning airstrikes launched by aircraft from Misrata’s air base academy, the Misratan-led Bunyan al-Marsus (BM) forces attempted a renewed assault on the remaining ISIS...
by Jason | Oct 4, 2016 | International actors
On 3 October, France hosted a meeting of international and regional foreign ministers in Paris, with the aim of re-aligning the international community’s diplomatic efforts towards Libya. The meeting came at the request of PM Fayez al-Serraj, after he met with the...
by Jason | Oct 4, 2016 | Other Jihadi Actors
In Tripoli, tensions between local militias and Islamist militias, which include the Benghazi Defence Brigades, bubbled to the surface last week. The most significant incident was the detention of an Islamist militia member linked to the former Libyan Islamic...
by Jason | Oct 4, 2016 | Libyan actors
Over the last two weeks, Abdul Razak Nazhouri, the LNA Chief of Staff and military governor of the Eastern region, has replaced the mayors of Benghazi, Ajdabiya, Shahat, Al Abyar and Kufrah with military officers, while the mayors of Tubruq and Sloug have also...
by Jason | Sep 27, 2016 | ISIS
In Sirte, ISIS forces are still confined within the coastal residential districts of Hay Al-Gizah and 600 Flats, a small enclave of two to three square kilometres in the east of the city. ISIS fighters have heavily barricaded this area with sand blockades and...
