ISIS did not yet exist in Libya, but fissures between the mainstream religious establishment and Tobruq were creating an environment for radical preaching. The HoR moved a step closer in its bid to expel Libya’s ultraconservative Grand Mufti Sheikh Sadiq Al-Ghariani this week.
Read Full PostThe Libyan government accused Sudan this week of providing military support to Operation Libya Dawn forces in the capital.
Read Full PostGeneral Khalifa Haftar is pushing on with his seemingly interminable and incompetent fight against Islamist militants in the east.
Read Full PostViolence has continued in Benghazi where General Khalifa Haftar and those Islamist forces fighting under the umbrella of the Benghazi Revolutionaries Shura Council are locked into a seemingly intractable battle to control Benina Airport. However, the Islamists still very much have the upper hand.
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