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
Colombia seizes 358kg of cocaine bound for Tripoli
On 9 November, Colombian President Abelardo De La Espriella announced the seizure of 358 kilograms of cocaine hidden inside two electric generators...
Frontex intercepted & returned over 33,000 people to Libya & Tunisia in 2018-2024
On 3 November, the EU-funded Liminal project reported that aerial surveillance by the EU’s border agency Frontex over the central Mediterranean has...
German NGO Sea-Watch documents Libyan violence against migrants
On 4 November, the German NGO Sea-Watch published a report documenting violent incidents perpetrated by the Libyan coastguard and other Libyan...
Libyan actors
Coastal Road closed for hours after shoot-out in Janzour
On 5 November in the late afternoon, an armed group reportedly belonging to the 137th Battalion opened fire on a Judicial Police patrol stationed...
Tajoura CID member killed during drug trafficking raid
On 5 November, a member of the Tajoura Criminal Investigation Department (CID) was killed and another was seriously wounded during an armed clash in...
NOC condemns renewed shutdown of Hamada-Zawiyya pipeline by armed actors
On 30 October, the NOC expressed “deep concern” as it announced the shutdown of the crude pipeline connecting oil fields in the Hamada region to the...
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.