UN publishes terrorist monitoring report

On 3 February, the UN Security Council published the ‘Twenty-ninth report of the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team concerning ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida and associated individuals and entities’. The report estimated that there are approximately 50 Al-Qaida...

Tunisian ISIS leader arrested

On 3 February, local media reported that security forces had arrested a Tunisian ISIS leader, Bilal bin Abdul Wahab bin Trad, as part of a security operation in Nafusa and Sabratha.

Clashes in Zawiyya

On 31 January, clashes broke out in Zawiyya between unidentified armed groups. During the clashes a shell landed on a civilian home resulting in at least four deaths and a number of injuries.

Clashes between the LNA and ISIS in South

On 28 January, the Libyan National Army’s (LNA) Spokesperson Ahmed al-Mismari announced in a press conference that 24 ISIS operatives were killed and one was captured during three days of clashes with LNA forces near Qatrun in south-western Libya. Four LNA members...