by Jason | Oct 5, 2014 | Other Jihadi Actors
A string of suicide bombs in Benghazi struck a major blow to the forces of General Khalifa Haftar and his Operation Dignity campaign this week. The use of suicide attacks marks a shift in tactics by the Benghazi Revolutionaries Shura Council and suggests that other...
by Jason | Oct 5, 2014 | Libyan actors
The Zintani militias are apparently preparing for war against Dawn who just evicted them from the Airport; the head of the Qaqaa Brigade, Othman Mlegta, has gone to Tobruk recently to coordinate the delivery of equipment and define a strategy for a counteroffensive....
by Jason | Sep 29, 2014 | ISIS
ISIS did not exist in Libya yet, and this was a relatively peaceful week, nonetheless, violence continued unabated in Benghazi with more assassinations and targeted attacks presumed to be carried out by Islamist militants.
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...
