Libya Security Monitor
The Libya Security Monitor (LSM) is an Eye on ISIS proprietary mapping project and searchable database of developments in Libya’s security space
International actors
GNU denies negotiating over alleged sabotage cell
On 18 September, the Government of National Unity (GNU) Ministry of Defence confirmed that investigations are ongoing regarding the sabotage cell...
Belqassem Haftar & GNU MoD Zoubi discuss key issues with Turkish Intelligence Chief
On 17 September, Belqassem Haftar, Director of the Libya Development and Reconstruction Fund (LDRF), met Turkish National Intelligence Organization...
Libyan efforts to deport migrants continue
On 17 September, the (eastern) Anti-Illegal Immigration Agency deported 81 migrants from Benghazi after completing the required legal, medical and...
Libyan actors
Zawiyya Appeals Court suspends PC decision appointing Mleqta as intelligence chief
The Administrative Circuit of the Zawia Court of Appeal has issued a ruling—specifically regarding the urgent aspect of Administrative Appeal No....
LNA barrack targeted in RPG attack in Sebha
On 16 September, an unidentified group in Sebha launched a brief RPG attack on the Libyan National Army (LNA) Ministry of Interior's South...
GNS suspends several mayors amid tensions with Fezzan
On 16 September, the Ministry of Local Governance in Osama Hammad’s Government of National Stability (GNS) suspended 12 southern municipality mayors...
ISIS
LNA reportedly involved in freeing Swiss and Austrian hostages from jihadists in Niger
On 10 September, a Swiss woman and an Austrian woman (Eva G), who had been held hostage by jihadists in Niger, are reported to have been released....
LNA secures release of US hostage held by ISIS in Mali
On 14 August, the Libyan National Army (LNA) helped secure the release of a U.S. hostage from Islamic State affiliates in Mali. Reuters news agency...
Military intelligence chief & Tunisia’s MoD discuss return of ISIS fighters from Syria
On 10 December, Military Intelligence Director and Commander of the 444 Brigade Mahmoud Hamza met in Tunis with Tunisian Minister of Defense Khaled...
Other Jihadi groups
Suspect in 2012 Benghazi attack extradited to US
On 6 February at 3 am (local time), Zubayr al Bakoush, a Libyan man who is an alleged member of the terrorist group Ansar al Sharia and later of the...
Mosque bombed in Nafousa mountains
On the night of 5 January, the Old Mosque in Shakshouk, located in the Nafousa Mountains, was severely damaged in a bombing believed to be linked to...
AQIM uses southern Libya to transport fighters to Mali: UN report
According to UN reporting presented on 15 February, AQIM (‘Al-Qaida in Libya’) secures transportation routes to cities for transit or as hideouts in...
The above is a curated selection of incidents extracted from Libya-Analysis LLC’s monitoring and forecasting products.