Libyan Civil War Map & Timeline – May 2020
Libya’s Turkish-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) has continued to gain ground in the west amid a major withdrawal by the rival Libyan National Army (LNA).
Libya’s Turkish-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) has continued to gain ground in the west amid a major withdrawal by the rival Libyan National Army (LNA).
Somalia’s pro-federal coalition has made small gains against Al Qaeda affiliate Al Shabaab, while deadly infighting has erupted in Jubaland state, and the veteran ASWJ militia has been forcibly dissolved.
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Heavy fighting over the greater Tripoli area has continued between the eastern-based Libyan National Army (LNA) the UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) – the latter now backed up by the Turkish military and allied rebels from Syria.
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The eastern-based Libyan National Army has captured the coastal town of Sirte and reached the doorstep of western-controlled capital Tripoli, even as the western government is reinforced by the Turkish military and allied Syrian rebels.
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Federal-allied forces have chipped away a bit at Al Shabaab territory, while the government has seized two towns from ASWJ militia members. In the north, Al Shabaab claims its first capture of a village in breakaway Somaliland.
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The eastern-backed forces of Khalifa Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA) have fought their way closer to the capital city of Tripoli proper, also seizing a town from Toubou militias on the border with Niger.
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The eastern-based Libyan National Army (LNA) has continued to consolidate footholds Tripoli, but still hasn’t managed to turn the tables enough to capture the city itself from the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA).
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The fight for Tripoli remains at a stalemate, with each of the country’s rival governments losing and the recapturing territory, while control has shifted again in the far southern town of Murzuq.
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Al Shabaab has seen both gains and losses, while Galmudug’s ASWJ militia has aligned itself with the federal government, and a renegade general is rebelling against the self-declared Republic of Somaliland. (Map now shows federal member state boundaries.)
Libya’s two rival government’s remain at direct war over Tripoli, with neither side gaining a clear upper hand, though the western administration has scored one major victory in a town to the south.
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