🇱🇾❌🇮🇱 — In a recent interview, Najla Mangoush, the former deposed Foreign Minister of Libya’s Government of National Unity (GNU) under Abdel Hamid Dabaiba, confirmed the authenticity of reports from 2023 regarding her meeting with the Israeli Foreign Minister. Mangoush, who is currently suspended, addressed the longstanding controversy surrounding the incident for the first time.

➡️The initial unconfirmed reports in 2023 ignited widespread outrage across Libya, sparking public protests and fierce criticism. The uproar eventually led to Mangoush’s suspension from her ministerial post and her subsequent flight from the country, where she remains in exile to this day.

➡️In the interview, Mangoush revealed details of the meeting, stating that it was not an individual initiative but had been authorized and orchestrated by the GNU, under the leadership of Abdel Hamid Dabaiba and Sadiq Al-Ghariani. Her disclosure has reignited anger among the Libyan public, who view the meeting as a betrayal of national and cultural values.

➡️In light of these revelations, public frustration with the GNU has escalated. Many Libyans are now demanding the government’s resignation, accusing it of collusion in the controversial meeting. Calls for the overthrow of the GNU reflect growing discontent and highlight the deep divisions within the country’s political landscape.

🏴❌🇳🇬 — "ISWAP (Islamic State West Africa Province)" raided a base of pro-government CJTF militia in Mainok, Borno state, north-eastern Nigeria.

➡️As per War Noir:

As a result militants captured an AKM assault rifle and a #China-made 🇨🇳 Type 56-1 assault rifle along with several 7.62x39mm AK magazines and ammunition

➡️Mainuk is the hometown of the famous ISWAP leader Abu Ali al Mainuki, who is currently number 2 in the terrorist group's leadership and head of the Furqan office (which oversees Sahel, Libya and West Africa provinces) and moreover is Wali (governor) of IS-Libya Province.

🏴❌🇺🇸🇮🇶 — 1 killed and 2 injured from the US-led International Coalition against the "Islamic State" in Iraq.

CENTCOM reported yesterday:

During the operations, ISIS fighters engaged Coalition forces on several occasions, resulting in the employment of Coalition air strikes, using F-16s, F-15s, and A-10s. The A-10s tasked to support ground forces in the area were successful in eliminating the ISIS fighters within a cave.

One Coalition member was killed and two were wounded from two different nations. There were no injuries to U.S. personnel or damage to U.S. equipment.

🇦🇫❌🇲🇱 — JNIM (Al-Qaeda in the Sahel) attacked the Koulouba neighborhood in central Nioro du Sahel city in western Mali.

➡️Last night at around 21:30 - 22:00 a large assault of JNIM fighters stormed the city and engaged the Malian army with light and heavy weaponry, after at least a full hour of fighting the militants retreated from the city, seemingly having achieved their goal (rumors about a captain being injured are circulating).

➡️FAMa (Malian Armed Forces) released a statement claiming the killing of about 30 attackers while losing one of their own soldiers, while admitting the bilan is not exhaustive, JNIM has not spoken about the attack yet.

➡️This nightly attack is not the usual modus operandi of the group, who contrarily to groups like ISWAP are not known to have access to night vision equipment, however even without those the element of surprise and the near unusability of aerial vectors has given an advantage to the insurgents.