Libya is in chaos, and the fight for Benghazi (the Eastern 'capital') has stalled: but look at what the local 'Government' is faced with on a daily basis. The Libyan government was formed by NATO forces after Gaddafi had been overthrown in 2011. well armed, well trained and definitely better equipped for what it is doing than the local security forces; but then ISIS fighters pitch up mid-battle, make life even worse for the government forces and then disappear. ISIS and Majlis al-Shoura are not 'aligned' and there is no formal accord between the two Jihadist groups: simply they have a common enemy, and every so often ISIS will join in and lend the Islamist rebels a hand. The army commander in the east, Khalifa Haftar, says he controls 90 percent of the city. How can you combat that?
Libya is in chaos, and the fight for Benghazi (the Eastern 'capital') has stalled: but look at what the local 'Government' is faced with on a daily basis. The Libyan government was formed by NATO forces after Gaddafi had been overthrown in 2011. well armed, well trained and definitely better equipped for what it is doing than the local security forces; but then ISIS fighters pitch up mid-battle, make life even worse for the government forces and then disappear. ISIS and Majlis al-Shoura are not 'aligned' and there is no formal accord between the two Jihadist groups: simply they have a common enemy, and every so often ISIS will join in and lend the Islamist rebels a hand. How can you combat that?