On 24 September, as many as eight dead bodies belonging to the Libyan National Army were unearthed in Derna following the confessions of alleged ISIS militants. On 17 September, the Sirte Protection Force (SPF) uncovered a cache of unexploded ordnance abandoned by ISIS.
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Our archive of political and security incidents relating to Islamic State activity in Libya
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12 September – 18 September: ISIS published details of their attack on the NOC
On 14 September, ISIS published the 147 issue of their weekly al-Naba newsletter that included details of their attack on the headquarters of the National Oil Corporation in Tripoli.
5 September – 11 September: ISIS attack NOC HQ in Tripoli
On 10 September, three ISIS fighters raided Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) offices in central Tripoli, leaving at least two staff members dead and another 10 injured. The following day ISIS’s media wing, Nashir, claimed responsibility for the attack.
29 August – 4 September: ISIS fighters detain civilian near Sirte
On 27 August, ISIS fighters are reported to have briefly detained a civilian 70 km south of Sirte. The Sirte Protection Force has since raised the security levels to critical.