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
Human Rights Watch urges Libyan authorities to surrender suspects to ICC
On 11 March, Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged Libyan authorities to surrender suspects to the International Criminal Court (ICC). HRW urged Libyan...
Two migrants dead and 40 rescued in Kufra desert as deportation efforts continue
On 11 March, the eastern authorities announced the death of two migrants and the rescue of forty others after the vehicle carrying them overturned...
Italy says Libyan authorities have thwarted 2,568 migration attempts in 2026
On 10 March, Italian Minister of Interior, Matteo Piantedosi, revealed that Libyan authorities have thwarted 2,568 migration attempts since the...
Libyan actors
Severe weather and flooding impacts western Libya
On 16 March, bad weather, strong winds and heavy rain hit northwestern Libya, with severe flooding occurring in many places, with many roads...
Families of Mitiga detainees protest and call for court-ordered release
On 15 March, families of detainees held at the Mitiga Reform and Rehabilitation Institution in Tripoli staged a protest outside the offices of the...
GNS forms new Security Screening and Electronic Detection Agency under the MoI in Benghazi
On 14 March, the GNS Prime Minister Osama Hammad issued a decree establishing the Security Screening and Electronic Detection Agency. The agency...
ISIS
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...
Misrata court convicts five ISIS members, including four sentenced to death
On 18 August, the Attorney General's office announced that the Misrata Criminal Court has convicted five ISIS members for carrying out armed attacks...
AG announces arrest of IS member behind 2018 Tripoli attack
On 26 February, the Office of the Attorney General announced it had arrested the Islamic State (IS) member who planned and logistically supported...
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.