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
UNSMIL under review by Security Council
On 31 July, the UN Security Council (UNSC) is due to receive an independent strategic review of the UN Support Mission for Libya (UNSMIL). The...
GNU and LNA military delegations visit Moscow
On 26 July, the GNU Chief of General Staff, Lieutenant-General Mohammed al-Haddad, the GNU Chief of Land Forces al-Fitouri Gribel, the GNU Commander...
NGO reports that regular Russian troops are stationed in Libya
On 22 July, the Democracy and Human Rights Foundation (DHRF) released a statement claiming to have received intelligence that regular Russian...
Mohammed al-Kani killed in Benghazi
On 27 July, local Libyan media reported that the commander of the LNA-aligned 9th Brigade (also known as the Kaniyat militia) Mohammed al-Kani was...
GNU imposes curfew as Covid-19 rates rise to critical levels
On 25 July, the GNU Ministry of Health declared a public health state of emergency due to the rampant spread of the Covid-19 virus, calling for...
Clashes break out in Tripoli between SSA and Rada
On 22 July, clashes broke out in Tripoli between the Stability Support Apparatus (SSA), led by Abdul Ghani al-Kikli, also known as ‘Ghinaywa’, and...
ISIS release ‘Diaries of Caliphate Soldiers in Libya’
This week, the Islamic State in Libya (ISIS) released additional photos following its earlier publication on 10 June of a photo set entitled...
Public Prosecutor sends cases of 54 suspected ISIS members to court
On 19 July, the Libyan Attorney General’s office filed criminal lawsuits against 54 suspected ISIS members who were arrested during security...
ISIS claim responsibility for another attack in south
On 14 June, ISIS claimed responsibility for an ambush and improvised explosive devise (IED) attack that killed the commander of an Libyan National...
LNA conducts reconnaissance flights over Fezzan
On 27 July, the Libyan National Army (LNA) reportedly conducted reconnaissance flights over Jufra, northern Fezzan, having received intelligence...
LNA arrests AQIM militants near Brak al-Shatti
On 2 June, local news sources reported that the Libyan National Army (LNA)-affiliated Tarik Bin Ziyad brigade and the Government of National Unity...
Arrests of ‘terrorists’ for Janzour Naval Academy bombing
On 8 February, the Government of National Accord’s (GNA’s) Internal Security Agency arrested members of a ‘criminal terrorist organisation’...
The above is a curated selection of incidents extracted from Libya-Analysis LLC’s monitoring and forecasting products.
