A number of armed groups had involved themselves in the Libyan Civil War.
Second Libyan Civil War (2014–2020) + House of Representatives, Gaddafi loyalists and allies Presidential Council and allies General National Congress and allies Al-Qaeda, other Salafist jihadists, and allies Libyan Interim Government (Tobruk-based) Libyan National Army Libyan Ground Forces Benghazi Security Directorate Tajoura Battalion Libyan Air Force (parts) Tripoli Brigade Al-Saiqa JEM (from 2016) Gaddafi loyalists Brigade 93 Green Resistance Warshefana militias Popular Front for the Liberation of Libya Allied armed groups:
Zintan Brigades Lightning Bolt Brigade Qaaqaa Brigade Civic Brigade
Toubou militias (until 2019)
Mercenaries (allegedly) National Forces Alliance Wagner Group DShRG Rusich Imperial Legion (from February 2015) Egyptian ArmyВВС Єгипту завдали серію авіаударів по позиціях ІГ в Лівії - РІА Новини, 16.02.2015 Egyptian Air Force (limited involvement) Union Defence Force (RSF) Supported by:
Special Operations Command DGSE
Spetsnaz GRU
(until 2016)Eric Schmitt. "US Scrambles To Contain Growing ISIS Threat in Libya" . New York Times. 21 February 2016. "The American airstrikes in northwestern Libya on Friday, which demolished an Islamic State training camp and were aimed at a top Tunisian operative, underscore the problem, Western officials said. The more than three dozen suspected Islamic State fighters killed in the bombing were recruited from Tunisia and other African countries". (until 2018) (until 2016) (until 2016) Greece’s Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias Visits Libya, Dendias noted that Haftar’s position is aligned with Greece’s. (allegedly, denied by LNA) Government of National Accord(since 2016) Presidential Guard Misrata Brigades Petroleum Facilities Guard Libyan Navy Abu Sleem Central Security Force Allied armed groups: Tuareg militias Toubou militias (since 2019) Fajr Libya militia Misrata Military Council Ministry of Interior Al-Bunyan al-Marsous Federal Cyrenaica Mercenaries (allegedly) Sabratha Military Council/Sabratha Revolutionary Brigades Syrian National Army (since Dec. 2019) Sultan Murad Division Mu'tasim Division Suleyman Shah Division Sham Legion Ahrar al-Sharqiya Suqour al-Sham Brigades Northern Falcons Brigade Samarkand Brigade (since Jan. 2020) Turkish Armed Forces Turkish Land Forces Turkish Navy Turkish Air Force Special Forces Command National Intelligence Organization (since 1 Aug. 2016) U.S. Air Force U.S. Marine Corps Supported by:
Italian Marines Elements of the San Marco Marine Brigade (until 2019)
(until 2019)
, June 17, 2020 National Salvation Government (Tripoli-based) Libya Shield Force Western Shield Central Shield LROR Libyan Air Force (parts) Presidential Guard National Guard Allied armed groups: Fajr Libya militia Muslim Brotherhood Justice and Construction Party Awakening (unclear) Brigade al-Marsah Brigade Sherikhan Union for Homeland Misrata Brigades Tripoli Revolutionary Brigade Democratic Party Mercenaries (allegedly) Amazigh militias Supported by: (2014–16) (2014–16) (2014–16)
High Council of Revolution (from 2014) Military of ISIL Wilayat Barqa Wilayat Tripolitania Wilayat Fezzan
Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries Ansar al-Sharia (2014–17) Libya Shield 1 (2014–17) February 17th Martyrs Brigade (2014–17) Rafallah al-Sahati Brigade (2014–17) Jaysh al-Mujahidin Brega Martyrs Brigade Shura Council of Mujahideen in Derna (2014–19) Ansar al-Sharia (Derna) (2014–19) Abu Salim Martyrs (2014–15) Benghazi Defense Brigades Ajdabiya Revolutionaries Shura Council (2015–16)
Allied armed groups: Misrata Brigades LROR Ansar al-Sharia (Tunisia) Al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (2014–15; alleged since)
Notes The Tripoli brigade and Tajoura battalion are in fact currently fighting against haftar in Tripoli (April 2019)
The Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries are fighting on the part of the GNA at the Gulf of Sidra Offensive (2017). Parts of the Gaddafi loyalists are allied with the Libyan National Army. The Libya Shield 1 is a part of the Libya Shield Force.
See also List of armed groups in the Syrian Civil War List of armed groups in the War in Iraq (2013–2017) List of armed groups in the Yemeni Civil War List of armed groups in the Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon Combatants of the Iraq War
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