by Jason | Sep 15, 2014 | Libyan actors
Haftar boasted of a major offensive to liberate Benghazi. This apparently led to some townspeople fleeing Benghazi in anticipation of heavy fighting that has not materialized. This demonstrates that since the loss of the Saiqa base in downtown Benghazi, Haftar’s...
by Jason | Sep 8, 2014 | ISIS
ISIS did not yet exist in Libya, but fissures between the mainstream religious establishment and Tobruq were creating an environment for radical preaching. The HoR moved a step closer in its bid to expel Libya’s ultraconservative Grand Mufti Sheikh Sadiq Al-Ghariani...
by Jason | Sep 8, 2014 | International actors
The Libyan government accused Sudan this week of providing military support to Operation Libya Dawn forces in the capital. The accusations arose after a Sudanese plane that had stopped at Kufra airport to refuel was searched and found to be carrying ammunition. The...
by Jason | Sep 8, 2014 | Other Jihadi Actors
General Khalifa Haftar is pushing on with his seemingly interminable and incompetent fight against Islamist militants in the east. Fierce fighting broke out again this week as Islamist forces fighting under the umbrella of the Benghazi Revolutionaries Shura Council...
by Jason | Sep 8, 2014 | Libyan actors
Violence has continued in Benghazi where General Khalifa Haftar and those Islamist forces fighting under the umbrella of the Benghazi Revolutionaries Shura Council are locked into a seemingly intractable battle to control Benina Airport. However, the Islamists still...
by Jason | Sep 1, 2014 | International actors
No Western Response to jihadist in Libya was logged this week.
by Jason | Sep 1, 2014 | Other Jihadi Actors
Operation Libya Dawn forces have announced the creation of a Greater Tripoli Revolutionaries Shura Council which is clearly meant to serve as a counterpart to the Benghazi Revolutionaries Shura Council, the umbrella group for Islamist militants fighting against Haftar...
by Jason | Sep 1, 2014 | Libyan actors
Among the Zintanis’ allies only the Warshefana are currently engaged in hostilities against the Misratan and Islamist bloc.
by Jason | Aug 25, 2014 | ISIS
ISIS did not exist in Libya but Ansar al-Sharia in Benghazi and various jihadis in Derna were aligning themselves increasingly with the Tripoli/GNC faction as the country fragmented into two blocs.
by Jason | Aug 25, 2014 | International actors
Libya’s neighbours held another ministerial level meeting on 25 August in Cairo in a bid to come up with a plan to resolve the crisis in Libya. The meeting was attended by the foreign ministers of Libya, Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia, Sudan and Chad, as well as a senior...
