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
Niger’s Premier visits Benghazi
On 1 November, Niger’s Prime Minister Ali Lamine Zeine, accompanied by a delegation of military personnel, arrived in Benghazi and met with Libyan...
US threatens sanctions & blacklists Osama Najeem
The US has stressed that it is willing to sanction spoilers, while US Secretary of State Marco Rubio ‘designated’ Osama Najeem aka al-Masri,...
SLOR claims capture of transnational terrorist cell at the Salvador Pass
On 29 October, the South Liberation Operations Rooms (SLOR) claimed that its counterterrorism force division had arrested a transnational terrorist...
Libyan actors
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...
Reports indicate agreement on future joint army by Zoubi & Saddam Haftar
On 27 October, Libyan media reported that during their meeting in Ankara last week, Government of National Unity (GNU) Deputy Minister of Defense...
Child shot dead in Al-Ajilat amid hightened violence
On 25 October, a young child was found shot dead with several bullets in the town of Al-Ajilat (southwest of Sabratha), highlighting ongoing...
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.