# List of armed groups in the Libyan civil war (2014–2020)

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 | Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant 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: Mercenaries (allegedly) National Forces Alliance Wagner Group DShRG Rusich Imperial Legion  Egypt (from February 2015) Egyptian Army Egyptian Air Force  United Arab Emirates (limited involvement) Union Defence Force  Sudan (RSF) Supported by:  France Special Operations Command DGSE  Russia Spetsnaz GRU  Saudi Arabia  Chad  Belarus  Syria  United States (until 2016)  Algeria (until 2018)  United Kingdom (until 2016)  Jordan (until 2016)  Greece  Israel (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 Zintan Brigades Lightning Bolt Brigade Qaaqaa Brigade Civic Brigade 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  Turkey (since Jan. 2020) Turkish Armed Forces Turkish Land Forces Turkish Navy Turkish Air Force Special Forces Command National Intelligence Organization  United States (since 1 Aug. 2016) U.S. Air Force U.S. Marine Corps Supported by:  United Kingdom  United States  Italy Italian Marines Elements of the San Marco Marine Brigade  France (until 2019)  United Nations  European Union  Qatar  Turkey  Sudan (until 2019)  Algeria  Pakistan  Iran  Morocco  Malta  Ukraine | 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:  Sudan (2014–16)  Qatar (2014–16)  Turkey (2014–16)  Ukraine  Iran High Council of Revolution (from December 2016) | Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (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) |