What the records say
- When
- 2015 – 2019
- Kind
- Armed conflict
- Deaths
- 1,979
- Coordinates
- 31.21° N, 16.59° E
- Incompatibility
- territory
- Type of conflict
- internationalized intrastate
- Types of conflict
- intrastate, internationalized intrastate
- Territory name
- Islamic State
- Region
- Africa
- Location
- Libya
Placed at the middle of its 141 recorded clashes (UCDP GED).
Islamic State – Libya Province
Branch of the Islamic State in Libya
The Islamic State – Libya Province is a militant Islamist group active in Libya under three branches: Fezzan Province in the desert south, Cyrenaica Province in the east, and Tripolitania Province in the west around Tripoli, Libya's capital city. The branches were formed on 13 November 2014, following pledges of allegiance to IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi by Islamist militants in Libya.
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The source
- UCDP Battle-Related DeathsUppsala Conflict Data ProgramCreative Commons Attribution 4.0
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- Gulf of Sidra Offensive2017 · Military operation
- Battle of Saddada Castle19 Dec 2018 · Battle
- Gulf of Sidra Offensive21 Jun 2018 · Military operation