by Jason | Sep 29, 2014 | International actors
The United Nations is sponsoring peace talks in Ghadames this week. These talks are aimed at bringing together a group of serving members of the HoR with a group from those twenty representatives that are boycotting the ruling body (i.e. Islamists and those from...
by Jason | Sep 29, 2014 | Other Jihadi Actors
Following on from Benghazi’s ‘Bloody Friday’ last week when ten people including two youth peace activists were shot dead, there have been more targeted assassinations in Benghazi this week. Although the majority of victims continue to be members of the security...
by Jason | Sep 29, 2014 | Libyan actors
World media reported that Hafter made good on his threat to bomb the Benghazi port on Wednesday the 24th. The Operation Dignity leader had been warning the port authorities for some time that unless they heeded his calls to either close the port or to prevent ships...
by Jason | Sep 22, 2014 | ISIS
Although, ISIS did not yet exist in Libya, Jihadis were gaining the upper hand in opposing Haftar in Eastern Libya. Benghazi has been rocked by another string of assassinations. This week has seen a wave of killings with the bloodiest day by far being Friday 17...
by Jason | Sep 22, 2014 | International actors
News this week that Haftar has received 8 military jets that were sent abroad for reconditioning suggests that he has no intention of giving up the fight.
by Jason | Sep 22, 2014 | Other Jihadi Actors
Benghazi has been rocked by a series of assassinations, many of them carried out on Friday 17th September. These assassinations caused a particular stir because among the dead were two well-known young peace activists who were aged just 17 and 18.
by Jason | Sep 22, 2014 | Libyan actors
Efforts against the jihadis in the East were hampered by fractures within the pro-HoR/anti-Islamist camp. Prime Minister Abdullah Al-Thinni has had a difficult week with the House of Representatives (HoR) rejecting two of his proposed government lists. His own...
by Jason | Sep 15, 2014 | ISIS
Although ISIS had not yet manifested itself in Libya, the two bloc nature of the Libyan civil war became firmer with their alliance patterns coming into focus. The HoR has looked to the UAE and Egypt while the GNC has turned to Sudan and now to Qatar. Moreover, there...
by Jason | Sep 15, 2014 | International actors
France stepped up its calls for something to be done about the crisis in Libya this week. Coming on the back of French President Francois Hollande’s call at the end of August for the United Nations to take responsibility and to organise exceptional support to resolve...
by Jason | Sep 15, 2014 | Other Jihadi Actors
The battle in Benghazi goes on as Islamist militants try to dislodge General Khalifa Haftar’s Operation Dignity forces from Benina Airport and surrounding areas. Although Haftar is putting up a good fight, it is clear that the Islamists have the upper hand.
