by Jason | Feb 23, 2015 | ISIS
On Sunday 22 February, the vacant residence of the Iranian Ambassador was bombed twice in an attack for which Islamic State (IS) cells in Libya later claimed responsibility. In revenge for Egyptian air strikes after the execution of Egyptian Coptic Christians, on...
by Jason | Feb 23, 2015 | International actors
There was no overt Western response to jihadi activity this week.
by Jason | Feb 23, 2015 | Other Jihadi Actors
There was no significant activity by other jihadi actors this week.
by Jason | Feb 23, 2015 | Libyan actors
During the course of the past week, Operation Dignity (OD) forces and aligned military groups appear to have consolidated their control over the strategic maritime port area in central Benghazi. Furthermore, as of Sunday 22 February, OD warned citizen from the...
by Jason | Feb 16, 2015 | ISIS
ISIS in Sirte (Tripoli Wilayat) released a video depicting the beheadings of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians on 15 February. The Egyptians had been seized in two separate kidnapping incidents in Sirte in December and January. The most recent issue of ISIS’s magazine,...
by Jason | Feb 16, 2015 | International actors
Italian Defence Minister, Roberta Pinotto, stated in an interview published on 15 February that the situation in Libya was urgent after the beheadings and that Rome was ready to fight against Islamist militants in the context of an international mission including...
by Jason | Feb 16, 2015 | Other Jihadi Actors
There was no significant non-ISIS jihadi activity to report this week.
by Jason | Feb 16, 2015 | Libyan actors
On 16 February Cairo launched bombing raids against the town of Derna in retaliation for the beheading of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians by IS militants. Egypt struck several targets in Derna, including the houses of three ISIS leaders in the town. However most of the...
by Jason | Feb 9, 2015 | ISIS
On Wednesday 4 February, approximately 40 gunmen assaulted an oilfield in Mabruk, 170 kilometres south of Sirte, damaging its infrastructure, killing ten and abducting three Filipinos and two Nigerians workers present on site. The Mabruk oil field is connected to the...
by Jason | Feb 9, 2015 | International actors
There was no overt Western response to jihadi activity in Libya this week.
