by Jason | Nov 16, 2015 | International actors
The tragic Paris attacks indicate a new moment for international political action against IS, and the Libyan front is likely to figure into future coordination. The US announced its first airstrike against an IS target in Derna, claiming to have killed the top IS...
by Jason | Nov 16, 2015 | Other Jihadi Actors
In Derna, another non-state actor, Ansar Al Sharia, has re-emerged in the city as an active social society. The group put up various advisory billboards and conducted a number of social volunteering events with young people. The place and timing of the re-emergence of...
by Jason | Nov 16, 2015 | Libyan actors
Clashes continue in Benghazi between the LNA and Benghazi Revolutionary Shoura Council (BRSC) forces, especially in the Abu Atni and Laithi districts. Last week witnessed a resurgent LNA, notably seeing the Thunderbolt Special Forces led by the General Wanis Bukhamada...
by Jason | Nov 2, 2015 | ISIS
The persistence of IS and its forces in Benghazi in the face of aerial blockades has led local analysts to more critically analyse the groups’ supply lines. There are growing indications that the supplies originate from vessels on the high seas and are brought into...
by Jason | Nov 2, 2015 | International actors
There was no discernable Western response to the ISIS threat in Libya this week.
by Jason | Nov 2, 2015 | Other Jihadi Actors
There was no discernable activity by other jihadi actors in Libya this week.
by Jason | Nov 2, 2015 | Libyan actors
In Benghazi, Haftar’s operation Doom forces continue to pound strongholds of the Benghazi Revolutionary Shura Council (BRSC) and allied extremist elements including Ansar Al Sharia and IS with airstrikes, mortars, and heavy artillery.
by Jason | Oct 26, 2015 | Other Jihadi Actors
Nine people died when demonstrators were shelled by mortar fire in Benghazi’s Kish Square on Friday 24th October. Around a thousand people had gathered in the square for Friday prayers to protest against UNSMIL, Leon and the proposed GNA. In Derna, fighting continues...
by Jason | Oct 26, 2015 | Libyan actors
There was no discernable response to the ISIS threat from the anti-ISIS coalition this week.
by Jason | Oct 26, 2015 | ISIS
An IS training camp in the area of Um Qandil in the central region was struck by unidentified jets within a few hours of the HoR’s 19 October announcement that it was rejecting the GNA. Two more airstrikes followed on 22 October, one against an IS military convoy...
