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
Egypt seizes smuggled weapons shipment on western border with Libya
On May 9, the Egyptian Border Guard reportedly seized a large shipment of weapons, ammunition, and narcotics in the Great Sand Sea area, south of...
Turkey assists Libyan Coastguard to rescue migrants
On 5 May, seventeen migrants were rescued off the coast of Misrata by the Libyan Coastguard in coordination with the Turkish navy. The migrants were...
Lavrov claims Wagner invited to Libya by HoR, denied by HoR members
On 2 May, Russia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sergei Lavrov, stated in an interview with the Italian broadcaster Mediaset that the Wagner Group...
Libyan actors
777 Brigade commander Tajouri criticises Dabaiba
On 5 May, former Tripoli Revolutionaries Brigade (TRB) leader and current 777 Brigade commander, Haithem Tajouri, was reported by local media to...
Territorial clashes break out in Zawiyya
On 4 May, clashes broke out in Zawiyya between armed groups affiliated with Mohammed Bahroun (also known as ‘al-Far’, the ‘Mouse’) from the Hneish...
Bashaagha hints at Sirte being GNS administrative capital
On 4 May, House of Representatives (HoR) Designate Prime Minister, Fathi Bashaagha, gave a speech to regional social and tribal leaders at the...
ISIS
SSA conduct patrols in Mizdah following reports of ISIS actvity
On 10 May, the Support and Stability Apparatus (SSA) announced that having received reports of cars bearing ISIS flags and of ISIS affiliates...
Unconfirmed reports of ISIS activity in Tripolitania
On 9 May, unconfirmed reports surfaced of ISIS activity in Mizdah (180 km south of Tripoli) and potentially in Bani Walid and Ghariyan. According to...
ISIS release images of recruits in southern Libya
On approximately 25 April, ISIS Wilayat Libya published a photo diary for the month of Ramadan. The tightly cropped photos show no more than six...
Other Jihadi groups
GNU forces deployed to southern border for counterterroism operation
On 8 February, it was reported that GNU-aligned forces had been deployed to Libya’s southern border to conduct counterterrorism operations.
LNA arrests gang trading arms with jihadi groups in Algeria and Mali
On 20 January, the LNA’s Commander of the Moral Guidance Department, Khaled Mahjoub, reported that the 106 Brigade had arrested members of a gang...
LNA’s 106 Brigade conducts counterterrorism operation against cells in Sebha
On 28 November, the Libyan National Army’s (LNA) 106 Brigade reportedly conducted a security operation against terrorist elements in Sebha,...
The above is a curated selection of incidents extracted from Libya-Analysis LLC’s monitoring and forecasting products.
