Western Response Timeline 2014 Jun June 27th: Tarek Mitri, head of UNSMIL, praised the well-run HoR election Jul Aug Aug 25th: Libya’s neighbours hold Cairo conference Sep Sept 29th: UN sponsored Ghademes talks Oct Nov Nov 3rd: ISIS established in Derna and Thinni refuses to negotiate with ‘terrorists’ Nov 17th: Tweets sent by ISIS claimed responsibility for bombings at embassies in Tripoli Nov 30th: UN’s blacklist of Ansar Sharia and Ghadames dialogue meeting Dec 2015 Jan Jan 19th: UN talks open in Geneva Feb Mar Mar 29th: UN extends arms embargo Apr May Jun June 15th: U.S. airstrike targets Belmokhtar Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Nov 16th: First U.S. airstrike in Derna kills top ISIS leader Dec 2016 Jan Jan 27th: US Joint Chiefs advocate intervention in Sirte Feb Feb 9th: Italians mentioned by US as lead on Sirte Intervention Mar Mar 22nd: Italians prepared to provide 5000 troops for Libya Apr Apr 14th: Italian FM visits GNA in Tripoli, first visit by European diplomat since 2014 May May 16th: Western powers agree to supply GNA with weapons and training to fight ISIS May 30th: British Special Forces help destroy ISIS suicide vehicles in Sirte Jun June 20th: Operation Sophia gets approval to inspect vessels off Libyan coast Jul July 25th: 3 French Special Forces soldiers killed in downing of LNA helicopter in Benghazi Aug Aug 1st: US launches campaign of airstrikes against ISIS in Sirte Aug 29th: West reiterates GNA sole legitimate power after HoR votes against it Sep Sept 20th: International community welcomes resumption of oil exports Oct Oct 11th: European countries welcome Haftar’s envoys Oct 25th: US ramps up airstrikes in Sirte Nov Nov 27th: Haftar visits Moscow to request support and arms Dec Dec 19th: US AFRICOM announced the conclusion of Operation Odyssey Lightening 2017 Jan Jan 10th: Italian ambassador returns to Libya Jan 19th: US jets destroy 2 ISIS camps south of Sirte using precision-guided bombs Feb Feb 7th: Serraj signs MoU on migration with Italy Feb 14th: US vetoes appointment of former Palestinian PM Salam Fayyad as new UN Libya Envoy Mar Mar 21th: The League of Arab States, the African Union, the EU and the UN establish Libya quartet Apr Apr 19th: US Treasury sanctions Libyan financial facilitators of ISIS May May 2nd: Serraj briefly meets Trump May 30th: Egypt launches airstrikes in Derna and Jufra in retaliation for ISIS attack in Egypt Jun Jun 16th: The UN Secretary General nominate Ghassan Salame as UN Special Envoy for Libya Jul Jul 25th: LNA Commander Haftar and GNA PM agree to a ceasefire and 2018 elections Aug Aug 28th: Macron hosts a meeting with EU and North African countries on the Libyan migrant crisis Sep Sep 15th: The UN Security Council extend the UNSMIL mandate for another year Sep 25th: Salame outlines the proposed new UN roadmap for Libya Oct Oct 30th: The third round of ‘Libyan-Libyan’ meetings between LNA and Misrata military officers occurs in Cairo Nov Nov 17: AFRICOM conducted airstrikes against ISIS targets near Fuqaha Dec Dec 10th: Libyan military officers meet in Cairo for the 4th round of the Libyan army unification talks 2018 Jan Jan 17th: The Italian parliament votes to increase its military presence in Libya Feb Feb 26th: The US impose sanctions on several Libyans Mar Mar 24th: The US military undertake drone strikes targeting a house near Ubari Apr Apr 5th: UNSMIL launch its first round of ‘consultative meetings’ May May 29th: French President Emmanuel Macron hosts the “Paris” Libya summit Jun Jun 5th: U.S AFRICOM conduct a drone strike near Eshmikh Jun 13th: U.S AFRICOM conduct a drone strike near Bani Walid Jul Jul 7th: Italy reactivate Qadhafi era “friendship treaty” Aug Aug 28th: U.S AFRICOM launch drone strike near Bani Walid Sep Sep 11th: The UN Security Council Committee sanction rebel militant Ibrahim Jadhran Oct Oct 16th: Italy’s Prime Minister declares that his country was ready to facilitate Libyan reconciliation Nov Nov 29th: AFRICOM conduct an airstrike killing eleven AQIM members near al-Uwaynat Dec Dec 14th: Italian diplomat Giuseppe Buccino Grimaldi is appointed as Italy’s new ambassador to Libya 2019 Jan Jan 22nd: Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini says France has no interest in stabilising the situation in Libya Feb Feb 3rd: French fighter jets had launches airstrikes on armed groups that entered northern Chad from Libya Mar Mar 20th: UN envoy to Libya announces that the UN National Conference will take place in Ghadames on 14-16 April Apr Apr 15th: US President Donald Trump had a phone conversation with Libyan National Army (LNA) Khalifa Haftar May May 5th: UNSMIL called for a week-long humanitarian truce to start on 6 May at 4:00am (local time), coinciding with the beginning of Ramadan
