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...
by Jason | Jun 3, 2014 | Other Jihadi Actors
Ansar al Sharia condemned Haftar’s campaign against them and vowed to fight against what they called a “crusade on Islam”. Other political Islamist groups and figures like the Muslim Brotherhood and the country’s grand Mufti Sheikh Sadiq al Gheriani have condemned the...
by Jason | Jun 3, 2014 | Libyan actors
Haftar’s offensive in Benghazi targets Islamists militias such as Feb17 brigade, Rafallah al-Sahati brigade, and Ansar al-Sharia militias. These militias are mainly based on the western side of Benghazi near the main building of Benghazi University in the Gar Younis ...
by Client Client | Jan 1, 1970 | International actors
On 18 February, Libya’s Supreme Judicial Council strongly condemned what it described as the storming of its headquarters in Tripoli by groups linked to the Court of Cassation, accusing them of imposing a fait accompli and unlawfully usurping judicial authority. The...
by Client Client | Jan 1, 1970 | International actors
On 23 February, the General Investigations Department of the Ajdabiya Security Directorate arrested two people who ‘mocked prayer’ in a live broadcast on Facebook. The directorate said in a statement that it will not tolerate any actions that ‘affect religious values...
by Client Client | Jan 1, 1970 | International actors
On 23 February, an LNA Major in Qatroun called Faris al-Furjani confiscated a car from a Tebu man. He met with Tebu elders who accused him of confiscating the vehicle without authority. However, he allegedly refused to return it. He was subsequently shot and killed in...
by Client Client | Jan 1, 1970 | International actors
On 23 February, the Criminal Investigation Department announced the recovery of an unexploded 60mm mortar shell in the Wadi al-Rabee area of the capital, Tripoli. The shell was found inside a farm after a citizen reported it.
by Client Client | Jan 1, 1970 | International actors
On 20 February, the Benghazi Security Directorate detained Libyan actor Faraj Abdulkarim over his appearance in a scene in the Ramadan series ‘Hidrazi’ which reportedly offended the authorities in eastern Libya. The show airs on Al-Hadath and Al-Mustaqbal channels and...
