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.
by Jason | Feb 9, 2015 | Other Jihadi Actors
In Tripoli a number of Ottoman-era tombs were attacked and damaged by radical Islamist groups who see them as contradicting Salafi/Wahhabi principles about the uniqueness of God and the prohibition of worshipping idols. Fighting continues unabated in Benghazi,...
by Jason | Feb 9, 2015 | Libyan actors
Operation Dignity (OD) launched in the early hours of Thursday 5 February a new initiative inside Benghazi, labeling it as “the final push” to achieve full control of the city and wipe out all extremists and Benghazi’s Revolutionaries Shura Council fighters left in...
by Jason | Jan 19, 2015 | ISIS
ISIS-cells inside Libya appear to be increasingly assertive and to be developing the potential to influence military and political events at the national level, including UN-backed negotiations and the overall dialogue process. On Saturday 17 January, an explosive...
by Jason | Jan 19, 2015 | International actors
On Wednesday 14 January, multilateral direct UN-backed negotiations started in Geneva, despite the last minute boycott of the Martyr’s bloc which was misrepresented in the media as a boycott of the whole rump GNC. Talks appear to have started off on the right...
by Jason | Jan 19, 2015 | Other Jihadi Actors
Fighting continues unabated in Benghazi, particularly in the eastern districts of al-Sabri (near the maritime port) and al-Sulmani, where medium and heavy weapons were employed on both sides throughout the week. Operation Dignity (OD) fighters reportedly carried out...
by Jason | Jan 19, 2015 | Libyan actors
On Friday 16 January Libya Dawn and Operation Dignity jointly declared a unilateral general ceasefire with immediate effect. As a result the security threat decreased for all of Libya’s ports, except Benghazi and Derna due to Operation Dignity announcement that it...
by Jason | Jan 12, 2015 | ISIS
There was no noticeable change in ISIS activity in Libya this week.
