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of DMSC Mar Mar 8th: Links between Ansar Sharia and BRSC clarified; decline of non-ISIS jihadis Apr May May 9th: ISIS withdrawn from Derna after defeat by DMSC Jun June 6th: Hardline Eastern Islamist establish Mufti-backed Benghazi Defense Brigades (BDB) Jul Jul 18th: BDB claimed shoot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

February 9, 2016
Other Jihadi Actors

In Eastern Libya, in the early hours of Sunday morning 7 February, unidentified aircraft carried out three separate air raids on residential locations in the Bab Tubruq area of Derna, killing civilians and fighters affiliated with the Derna Mujahideen Shura Council (DMSC). The air strikes also hit a hospital, a mosque and a residential flat causing excessive damage. The DMSC released …

Read Full Post

February 3, 2016
Other Jihadi Actors

The Benghazi Revolutionary Shura Council (BRSC) has issued a new statement condemning the GNA as an international ‘puppet’ government. Additionally, the BRSC warned that the GNA is a conspiratorial project serving ascover for international intervention. The BRSC drew a parallel to the Iraqi experience, claiming the GNA will seek to control the Libya via a ‘Green Zone’ in Tripoli.

Read Full Post

January 27, 2016
Other Jihadi Actors

Derna Mujahedeen Shura Council (DMSC) The DMSC issued a new statement after Hijazi’s remarks against Haftar, re-denouncing Operation Dignity, the coalition of militias and fighters associated with Haftar’s LNA, and reaffirming their position against it. The DMSC also dismissed Hijazi’s comments ‘equating ISIS with its sisters’ (which is seen as a reference to the jihadi councils and Islamist militias affiliated …

Read Full Post

January 19, 2016
Other Jihadi Actors

Derna Battles between local jihadists forces controlling the city, e.g. the Derna Mujahedeen Shura Council (DMSC) and IS are ongoing. The city is witnessing a heightened sense of alarm after more ISIS incursions were registered inside the western parts of the city. Clashes are intermittent in the southern hills of the Al Fatieh area and in the eastern Sahel region …

Read Full Post

January 12, 2016
Other Jihadi Actors

Fighting continues uninterrupted in Ajdabiya between the ARSC militants and Haftar’s LNA forces, although it does not appear as if either side has made significant progress. LNA aircraft continued airstrikes in Ajdabiya, specifically targeting the ‘60’ Gate and the ‘industrial complex’. Earlier in the Week, ARSC issued a statement declaring that this entire area is now a ‘military zone’, likely a …

Read Full Post

January 5, 2016
Other Jihadi Actors

In Ajdabiya, a statement published by the Ajdabiya Revolutionaries’ Shoura Council (ARSC) on 2 Jan denied that it has defected to IS, after its emir and a dozen of its members published a video last week pledging allegiance to the group last week. The statement said that the group photographed with a black IS banner was made up of individuals …

Read Full Post