by Jason | Jun 21, 2014 | Other Jihadi Actors
A plane carrying Constitutional Drafting Assembly (CDA) members to Kufra was forced to make an emergency landing at a nearby oilfield airstrip on 18 June after the Kufra airport received anonymous threats that the plane would be shot down. The threats appear to target...
by Jason | Jun 21, 2014 | Libyan actors
The rhetoric on both sides of Operation Dignity intensified on 15 June, when Haftar said that all “terrorists” coming to Libya should leave now or “die here.” In turn, the Grand Mufti called for “revolutionaries” to wage jihad against Haftar and his followers....
by Jason | Jun 15, 2014 | ISIS
ISIS in Libya did not exist yet. However, the week saw the assassination of an Ansar al-Sharia leader in Derna and a senior police officer in Benghazi.
by Jason | Jun 15, 2014 | International actors
On 6 June, UNSMIL Representative Tarek Mitri announced the UN’s support for a Libyan national dialogue, which would bring together some of the country’s most influential actors to settle long-divisive issues. Libyan leaders are expected to meet a week before the...
by Jason | Jun 15, 2014 | Other Jihadi Actors
The Misurati-owned Thobacts Hotel in Tripoli was attacked on 8 June. There was further violence in the east, including the assassination of an Ansar al-Sharia leader in Derna and a senior police officer in Benghazi. A suicide bomber also blew himself up at a...
by Jason | Jun 15, 2014 | Libyan actors
Haftar’s offensive against Islamist forces continued. A representative of Haftar said on 6 June that the offensive had seized half of its targets. However, the representative warned of new fighting near the Algerian and Tunisian borders, as Islamists are squeezed out...
by Jason | Jun 9, 2014 | ISIS
ISIS in Libya did not exist yet. However, In Derna, heavy clashes occurred between Ansar al-Sharia and Abu Salim Martyrs’ Brigade, including two car bombs and various assassination attempts.
by Jason | Jun 9, 2014 | Other Jihadi Actors
In Sebha, inter-communal violence continued between Tebu youth and members of the Awlad Suliman community. Despite attempts by community elders to broker peace, conflict broke out on 31 May, killing two people. On 1 June, the top religious institution Dar al-Ifta...
by Jason | Jun 9, 2014 | Libyan actors
A Libyan air-force jet bombed two positions held by Islamist militants in Benghazi on 1 June. Ansar al-Sharia said that no one was hurt in the attack. Aircraft also targeted a palace that once belonged to Libya’s former ruling family (the Sanussi) in the western...
by Jason | Jun 3, 2014 | ISIS
Introduction to Larger Dynamics at the Start of the Summer of 2014 Even before the Tubruq/Tripoli split and the rise of ISIS, Libya’s politics had ossified into a confrontation between two loose umbrella groupings, with each containing different militias as well...
