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
Tetteh briefs UNSC on Libya security situation
In her UNSC briefing on 18 August, SRSG Hanna Tetteh commented on the security situation. She highlighted the recent violence in Zawiyya and Surman...
UN warns about anti-migrant rhetoric & violence in Libya
In her UNSC briefing on 18 August, SRSG Hanna Tetteh warned that anti-migration narratives and misinformation continue to harm vulnerable...
Foreign officials engage on security cooperation & Flintlock 2027 preparations
On 17 August, the US military attaché to Libya Colonel Dustin Dinola met with acting Chief of Staff for the Libyan Army Lieutenant General...
Libyan actors
LNA officer defects to SLOR as tensions rise in southern Libya and Sahel
Tensions have been rising in northern Niger, with the Southern Liberation Operations Room (SLOR) continuing to be active there and securing Libyan...
Tripoli security situation remains unstable
On 13 August, a seven‑year‑old girl was injured in Tripoli when a drone crashed into a swimming pool at a home near the 111th Brigade camp (led by...
GNU reaches tentative agreement with al-Far
On 13 August, Muammar al-Dhawi, commander of the 55 Brigade (Wershefana), mediated a meeting in Janzour between Government of National Unity (GNU)...
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.