2014 Jun June 9th: Ansar al-Sharia attempt to assassinate Haftar in Benghazi Jul July 14th: Misratan and Zintani forces clashes over Tripoli Airport Aug Sep Sept 1st: Dawn announce creation of Tripoli Revolutionaries Shura Council Oct Nov Dec Dec 14th: Operation Shuruq: Islamists advance on Oil Crescent 2015 Jan Jan 5th: Heavy fighting in Benghazi and Derna employing tanks and grad rockets Feb Mar Apr May Jun June 1st: PM Thinni survives assassination attempt in Tobruk Jul Aug Sep Oct Oct 26th: Benghazi demonstrators killed by mortars Nov Dec Dec 15th: Jihadis establish roadblocks in Sabratha 2016 Jan Jan 5th: ARSC denied defection to IS; IS criticize BRSC Feb Feb 9th: Mystery air raids on Derna kill affiliates of DMSC Mar Mar 8th: Links between Ansar Sharia and BRSC clarified; decline of non-ISIS jihadis Apr May May 9th: ISIS withdrawn from Derna after defeat by DMSC Jun June 6th: Hardline Eastern Islamist establish Mufti-backed Benghazi Defense Brigades (BDB) Jul Jul 18th: BDB claimed shoot down French advisors in LNA helicopter Aug Aug 1st: Anti-GNA Islamist demonstrations in Tripoli Aug 29th: Jihadi media release video of children allegedly killed by French airstrikes Sep Sept 13th: Militias tensions over GNA grow in Tripoli Oct Oct 11th: Notable Islamic scholar kidnapped by anti-Mufti militias Nov Nov 18th: LNA retake Guwarsha gate from BRSC in Benghazi Dec Dec 1st: Clashes in Tripoli between GNA militias and militias loyal to Sadeq al-Ghariani Dec 26th: LNA bombs BDB fighters in Hun, provokes Misrata 2017 Jan Jan 10th: Group of jihadist fighters fled from Sabri and Ganfuda in Benghazi; the LNA captured many of them Feb Mar Mar 6th: BDB launches surprise attack and seizes Oil Crescent ports from LNA Mar 14th: LNA launches counter-offensive against BDB and retakes Oil Crescent Mar 21th: LNA declares Ganfuda fully liberated from jihadists Apr Apr 4th: DMSC states it only recognises the authority of Libya’s Dar al-Ifta May May 8th: LNA launches full ground and air assault against jihadists in Sabri and Souq al-Hout May 27th: Ansar al-Sharia announces official disbandment Jun June 28th: The BDB announced it will dissolve itself and that some members will enlist in the formation of a legitimate Libyan army Jul Jul 23rd: A new video was released of notorious LNA senior commander Mahmoud al-Werfalli directing the execution of 18 prisoners of war believed to belong to ISIS Aug Aug 28th: Misratan security forces arrested Usama Jadhran in Misrata for his alleged membership of Ansar al-Sharia and connections with ISIS Sep Seb 5th: Misrata Counter Terrorism Unit arrested a senior member of the BDB, Ahmed Bakir, for alleged cooperation with ISIS and supplying foreign mercenaries to extremist groups Oct Oct 23rd: Rada arrested two senior members of the DMSC Nov Nov 27th: The LNA conducted an airstrike on DMSC targets in Derna Dec Dec 17th: The DMSC stepped up its anti-ISIS operations 2018 Jan Dec 28: The LNA announced the full purge of jihadist forces from Benghazi Feb Feb 9th: A double bombing occurred in Benghazi Mar Mar 18th: The LNA released details of the arrest of 16 alleged “terrorists” in the Kufra region Apr Apr 12th: LNA forces arrested an Ansar al-Sharia figure Salem Abdul Qaway al-Gaddafi May May 29th: The Derna Mujahadeen Shura Council has now renamed itself the Derna Protection Force Jun June 25th: The leader of the Derna Protection Forces was reportedly killed Jul Jul 25th: Airstrikes target al-Qaeda affiliates in Ubari Aug Aug 28th: Abdulkader Al-Zwai died following a raid on his home in Misrata. Sep Seb 21st: Al-Qaeda launched an attack on senior security official in Sebha Oct Oct 8th: The LNA captured former Egyptian Special Forces officer turned jihadist Hisham al-Ashmawy Nov Nov 17th: The LNA undertake three airstrikes targeting an “al-Qaeda linked group” eastof Misrata Dec Dec 6th: AQIM release statement denying any links to those killed in the AFRICOM air strikes on 29 November near al-Uwaynat 2019 Jan Jan 27th: The LNA claim to have killed AQIM field commander Adel Ahmad al-Abdali Feb Feb 25th: Misratan security forces arrested suspected al-Qaeda member, Ayman Abu Amoud Mar Mar 6th: Bosnian security services stated Nusret Imamovic had arrived in Libya sometime in February Apr Apr 11th: Senior leader of the Benghazi Defense Brigade Ziyad Belam was seen participating clashes in Tripoli May May 16th: Reports suggest an al-Qaeda member, Musab Mohammed Kamuka, was killed in the LNA’s aerial attack