In this podcast for GeoPoliticsAlert Jason Pack, founder of Eye on ISIS in Libya explains the historical roots of ISIS in Libya by tracing the involvement of Libyans in the Afghani and Iraqi jihads to the return into the anti-Qadhafi movements and then the post-Qadhafi rebranding of various Ansar al-Sharia and other jihadi offshouts into the ISIS fold in the years 2014-15. Understanding this trajectory sheds light on the extent to which ISIS is an 'authentic' phenomenon in Libya, while also deriving from Levantine models.Click here to listen to the podcast.
Historical Analysis of the Rise and Current State of ISIS in Libya