by Jason | Dec 7, 2014 | International actors
UN Special Representative to Libya, Bernardino Leon has continued his efforts this week to try to bring Libya’s warring parties together and to convince them to participate in the next round of UN-sponsored peace talks. The talks, that are to go ahead on 9 December,...
by Jason | Dec 7, 2014 | Other Jihadi Actors
Haftar is still battling it out against Islamist militants in Benghazi. There has been further violence this week in a number of neighbourhoods including Al-Sabri and Hawari that Haftar’s forces have yet to take control of. Meanwhile Ansar Al-Sharia, which is part of...
by Jason | Dec 7, 2014 | Libyan actors
News emerged this week that the HoR is set to formalise Haftar’s role even further by appointing him as Commander in Chief of the Libyan Armed Forces. According to various sources, including one unnamed Minister in Al-Thinni’s government, the HoR has already decided...
by Jason | Nov 30, 2014 | ISIS
The situation in Derna remains unaltered with radical IS-aligned groups maintaining control of the city and of its infrastructure. Operation Dignity forces continue to enforce a blockade over the city’s port and carried out aerial attacks as recently as Wednesday 26...
by Jason | Nov 30, 2014 | International actors
UN Special Representative to Libya, Bernardino Leon, has continued in his efforts to try to bring Libya’s rival factions together in what he hopes will be a Ghadames Meeting Mark Two. The prospects for such a dialogue look bleak with neither side any closer to being...
by Jason | Nov 30, 2014 | Other Jihadi Actors
The battle between Haftar’s Operation Dignity forces and the Benghazi Revolutionaries Shura Council (BRSC) continues without any restraint. Contrary to previous claims from Operation Dignity forces, the port area continues to be highly contested and outside of both...
by Jason | Nov 30, 2014 | Libyan actors
Although Hafter has the Zintani brigades on board, who like him are now considered to be part of the Libyan national army, this is clearly not sufficient to enable him to secure a win in Tripoli. Chief of Staff Colonel Abdulrazzak Al-Nazuri said as much this week. For...
by Jason | Nov 23, 2014 | ISIS
The international media has been full of reports this week about the hold that the Islamic State (IS) has acquired in Derna. At the end of October the most influential militant group in the town, the Shura Council of the Islamic Youth of Derna, staged a major ceremony...
by Jason | Nov 23, 2014 | International actors
No Western Response this week.
by Jason | Nov 23, 2014 | Other Jihadi Actors
The battle between Haftar’s Operation Dignity forces and Benghazi Revolutionaries Shura Council (BRSC) continues without any restraint. On Wednesday 19 November the two fighting blocks agreed to a 12-hours humanitarian truce which rapidly collapsed without allowing...
