by Jason | Mar 2, 2015 | Libyan actors
The brigade sent by the GNC to Sirte is still believed to be on the outskirts of the town and has not made any attempt to engage militarily. There were reports in the Arabic media this week that Haftar had launched three bombing raids on Sirte on 1 March. But it will...
by Jason | Mar 2, 2015 | ISIS
Two videos were posted on the Internet this week showing IS militants right in the heart of Benghazi. The first of the videos that was posted by the Information Office of IS – Cyrenaica Wilayat was titled ‘A message to the soldiers of the Taghut (false deity)’. The...
by Jason | Mar 2, 2015 | International actors
British Ambassador to the UN, Sir Mark Lyall Grant stated during an interview with the Al-Arabiya television channel that Libya would only be supplied with weapons to fight IS if it agreed to a national unity government first. Lyall Grant also reportedly stated that...
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.
