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
LNA releases Nigerien rebel
On 22 June, the Libyan National Army (LNA) announced the release of Mahmoud Saleh, head of the Front patriotique de libération / Popular Front for...
Saddam Haftar reportedly attends Cairo meeting with Egyptian Intelligence chief & Trump Adviser Boulos
On 22 June, it was reported that Libyan National Army (LNA) Deputy Commander Saddam Haftar met with the head of Egyptian General Intelligence, Major...
Niger releases prisoners to the GNU
On 21 June, the Government of National Unity (GNU) Ministry of Defence announced that 21 Libyan citizens detained in Niger had been transferred to...
Libyan actors
Attorney General sentences ICC-wanted Osama Najeem
On 21 June, the Attorney General’s Office said that the Tripoli Criminal Court had convicted ‘the official in charge of operations and judicial...
Severe fighting reignites in Zawiyya
Clashes erupted again this week in Zawiyya between militias linked to militia leader Salem al-Latif and Muhammed Bahroun aka al-Far. On 18 June,...
Violence in the western coastal region continues
On 18 June, two young militia members were killed by a hail of bullets at the hand of a rival militia in the Dhahrat Arafa area of al-Ajilat. An...
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.