Islamic State in Libya

Libyan Provinces
Libyan Provinces
Wilayah al-Fezzan, Wilayah Barqah, Wilayah al-Tarabulus
	The Black Standard used by the Islamic State in Libya
Leaders	Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (2014–2019) † (Leader of ISIL); Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi (2019–2022) † (Leader of ISIL); Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi (2022–2022) † (Leader of ISIL); Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi (2022–2023) † (Leader of ISIL); Abu Nabil al-Anbari † (Nom de guerre Abul Mughirah al Qahtani); Abdul Qader al-Najdi †; Abdulsalam Darkullah (2023?)
Dates of operation	13 November 2014 – present
Headquarters	Derna ; (2014–18); Sirte ; (2015–16); Benghazi ; (2014–17); Sabha ; (2014–19);
Active regions	Libya
Ideology	Salafist Islamism; Salafist Jihadism
Size	180-240 (2023); 50 (2022); 3,000–4,000 (2018); 500 (in 2017); 5,000–10,000 (in 2016)
Part of	Islamic State
Opponents	Libyan Parliament Libyan National Army; New General National Congress (2014–16) Libya Shield Force; Shura Council of Mujahideen in Derna (2014–18) Abu Salim Martyrs Brigade (2014–15); Australia; Egypt; United States; Tunisia

The Islamic State – Libya Province is a militant Islamist group active in Libya under three branches: Fezzan Province (Arabic: ولاية فزان, Wilayah Fizan) in the desert south, Cyrenaica Province (Arabic: ولاية برقة, Wilayah Barqah) in the east, and Tripolitania Province (Arabic: ولاية طرابلس, Wilayah Tarabulus) in the west. The branches were formed on 13 November 2014, following pledges of allegiance to IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi by militants in Libya.

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