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
Protestors storm IOM offices & intimidate staff & migrants
On 7 September, in the morning, videos circulated online showing Libyan men storming the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) offices in...
Russian vessel carrying weapons hit off Crete by Ukrainian drones allegedly launched from Libya
On 6 September, Russian opposition journalist Alexander Nevzorov published a video purporting to show multiple drone strikes against a...
UN report mentions Libya as one of the transit and logistical hubs for Sudan’s RSF rebels
On 3 September, the UN Human Rights Council released a report by the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan (Sudan...
Libyan actors
Ajilat Criminal Court sentences man to death by firing squad for murder
On 6 September, the Al-Ajilat Criminal Court sentenced a defendant to death by firing squad for murder. According to a statement from the Office of...
Suspects arrested after drone attack on Brega fuel tanks in Tripoli
On 3 September early in the morning, a drone crashed near a fuel storage tank at the Brega Fuel Depot, which is located next to the Airport Road in...
Fatal shooting fuels Tebu resentment against LNA in Qatroun
On 3 September, brief armed skirmishes sparked between local Tebus and the Libyan National Army (LNA) unit RIB-87 in Qatroun. The incident came...
ISIS
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...
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...
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.