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Islamic State in Libya
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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.[27][28] The branches were formed on 13 November 2014, following pledges of allegiance to IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi by militants in Libya.[29]
Quick Facts Libyan Provinces, Leaders ...
Libyan Provinces | |
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Wilayah al-Fezzan, Wilayah Barqah, Wilayah al-Tarabulus | |
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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 Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurashi (2023–present) (Leader of ISIL) Abu Nabil al-Anbari † (Nom de guerre Abul Mughirah al Qahtani)[1][2][3] Abdul Qader al-Najdi †[3][4] Abdulsalam Darkullah (2023?) [5] |
Dates of operation | 13 November 2014[6][7][8] – present[9][10][11][12] |
Headquarters | Unknown (2019-) |
Active regions | Libya |
Ideology | Salafist Islamism Salafist Jihadism |
Size | 180-240 (2023)[5] 50 (2022)[13] 3,000–4,000 (2018)[14] 500 (in 2017)[15] 5,000[16][17][18]–10,000 (in 2016)[19] |
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