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{{Short description|Armed forces under the control of Khalifa Haftar mostly in the East of Libya}}
{{see also|Libyan Army (1951–2011)|Libyan Army}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}}

{{Infobox war faction
| name             = Libyan National Army
| native_name      = الجيش العربي الليبي
| native_name_lang = ar
| caption          = Emblem used in official meetings<ref name="middle-east-online.com">{{cite web| title=Haftar agrees to Libya ceasefire ahead of Berlin talks
|website=Middle East Online| date=16 January 2020 | url=https://middle-east-online.com/en/haftar-agrees-libya-ceasefire-ahead-berlin-talks | access-date=7 January 2020}}</ref>
| logo             = Libyan COA used by Haftar.png
| other_name       = Libyan National Army<ref name="ISPI_Delalande_201805" /><br/>Libyan Arab Army<ref name="WashPost_LAAF" /><ref name="ThisIsAfrica_LAAF" /><br/>Haftar Armed Forces<ref name="UNPanelExperts_S_2019_914"/>
| leader1_title    = Supreme Commander
| leader1_name     = [[Khalifa Haftar]]
| leader2_title    = Commander-in-chief
| leader2_name     = [[Mohammed al-Menfi]]
| leader3_title    = Chief of General Staff
| leader3_name     = [[Abdulrazek al-Nadoori]]
| active           = 2014–present
| allegiance       = {{flagicon|Libya}} [[House of Representatives (Libya)|House of Representatives]]
| headquarters     = [[Tobruk]], [[Libya]]
| area             = Eastern and central Libya
| ideology         = [[Arab nationalism]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Foreign meddling and west's impotence fuel Libyan chaos |url=https://www.ft.com/content/15677c90-31fe-11ea-9703-eea0cae3f0de |access-date=2024-02-09 |website=www.ft.com}}</ref><br/>[[Secularism]]<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Kirkpatrick |first1=David D. |last2=Prickett |first2=Ivor |date=2020-02-20 |title=A Police State With an Islamist Twist: Inside Hifter's Libya |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/20/world/middleeast/libya-hifter-benghazi.html |access-date=2024-02-09 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><br/>[[Anti-imperialism]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Atalayar |date=2020-08-03 |title=Haftar warns that Libya will "never" accept "Turkish colonialism" |url=https://www.atalayar.com/en/articulo/politics/haftar-warns-libya-will-never-accept-turkish-colonialism/20200803114559146889.html |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=Atalayar |language=en}}</ref><br/>[[Madkhalism]] (factions)<ref name="SANA_WhoWhom_Tripoli" /><br/>[[Gaddafi loyalism|Gaddafism]] (factions)<ref name="SANA_WhoWhom_Tripoli" />
| size             = 25,000<ref>{{Cite web |title=Forces on the Libyan ground: Who is Who |url=https://www.ispionline.it/en/publication/forces-libyan-ground-who-who-20640 |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=ISPI |language=en-US}}</ref>–85,000+<ref>{{Cite web |title=حوار سياسي {{!}} المسماري لـ«الشرق الأوسط»: وجود عناصر لـ«حزب الله» أو للأسد في ليبيا «أكاذيب إخوانية» |url=https://aawsat.com/node/2189661 |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=aawsat.com |language=ar}}</ref>
| allies           = '''State allies:'''<br/>{{flagicon|Libya}} [[Government of National Stability]]<br/>{{flag|Egypt}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Libya: GNA calls Egypt's military threat 'declaration of war'|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/6/22/libya-gna-calls-egypts-military-threat-declaration-of-war|access-date=2022-01-15|website=Al Jazeera|language=en}}</ref><br/>{{flag|United Arab Emirates}}<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|date=2019-04-08|title=Khalifa Haftar: The Libyan general with big ambitions|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-27492354|access-date=2022-01-15}}</ref><br/>{{flag|Syria}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Vohra |first1=Anchal |title=It's Syrian vs. Syrian in Libya |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/05/05/libya-civil-conflict-syrian-mercenaries-turkey-russia-gna-haftar/ |access-date=26 May 2020 |publisher=Foreign Policy |date=5 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Pamuk |first1=Humeyra |title=U.S. says Russia is working with Syria's Assad to move militia to Libya |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-libya-security-usa-syria/u-s-says-russia-is-working-with-syrias-assad-to-move-militia-to-libya-idUSKBN22J301 |access-date=26 May 2020 |publisher=Reuters |date=7 May 2020}}</ref><br/>{{flag|Saudi Arabia}}<ref>{{cite web|title=UAE, Saudi Arabia aiding Libya eastern forces, blacklisting Qatar for alleged support for other Libyans|url=https://www.libyaobserver.ly/opinions/uae-saudi-arabia-aiding-libya-eastern-forces-blacklisting-qatar-alleged-support-other|work=The Libya Observer|access-date=13 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805222215/https://www.libyaobserver.ly/opinions/uae-saudi-arabia-aiding-libya-eastern-forces-blacklisting-qatar-alleged-support-other|archive-date=5 August 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><br/>{{flag|Russia}}<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|date=2019-04-08|title=Khalifa Haftar: The Libyan general with big ambitions|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-27492354|access-date=2022-01-15}}</ref><br>{{flag|United States}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Eltagouri* |first=Yousuf |date=2019-05-06 |title=Trump’s Embrace of Haftar Will Reignite Libya’s Proxy War {{!}} Beyond the Horizon ISSG |url=https://behorizon.org/trumps-embrace-of-haftar-will-reignite-libyas-proxy-war/ |access-date=2024-04-15 |language=en-GB}}</ref><br/>{{flag|United Kingdom}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Boris Johnson backs Khalifa Haftar's fight against 'terror' in Libya |url=https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/boris-johnson-backs-khalifa-haftars-fight-against-terror-libya |access-date=2024-04-15 |website=Middle East Eye |language=en}}</ref><br/>{{flag|Morocco}}<br/>'''Non-state allies:'''<br/>{{flagicon|Sudan}} [[Rapid Support Forces]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-07-19 |title=Sudan crisis: The ruthless mercenaries who run the country for gold |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-48987901 |access-date=2024-02-09 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref><br/>[[File:PMC Wagner Center logo.png|20px]] [[Wagner Group]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Wagner, shadowy Russian military group, 'fighting in Libya' |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-52571777 |access-date=26 May 2020 |publisher=BBC |date=7 May 2020}}</ref><br/>{{flag|Hezbollah}} (allegedly, denied by LNA)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-07-17 |title=The Iran-Haftar links in Libya |url=https://warsawinstitute.org/iran-haftar-links-libya/ |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=Warsaw Institute |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=حوار سياسي {{!}} المسماري لـ«الشرق الأوسط»: وجود عناصر لـ«حزب الله» أو للأسد في ليبيا «أكاذيب إخوانية» |url=https://aawsat.com/node/2189661 |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=aawsat.com |language=ar}}</ref>
| opponents        = '''State opponents:'''<br/>{{flagicon|Libya}} [[Government of National Accord]]<br/> {{flagicon|Libya}} [[Government of National Unity (Libya)|Government of National Unity]] (since 2022)<br/>{{flag|Turkey}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=France's Macron slams Turkey's 'criminal' role in Libya |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/6/30/frances-macron-slams-turkeys-criminal-role-in-libya |access-date=2024-02-09 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}</ref><br/>{{flag|Qatar}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ash |first=Nigel |date=14 March 2017 |title=Abdulrahman Sewehli thanks Qatari emir for his support |url=https://www.libyaherald.com/2017/03/13/abdulrahman-sewehli-thanks-qatari-emir-for-his-support/ |work=LibyaHerald}}</ref><br/>{{flag|Algeria}}<br/>'''Non-state opponents:'''<br/>{{flagicon|Syrian opposition}} [[Syrian National Army]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-12-29 |title=300 pro-Turkey Syrian rebels sent to Libya to support UN-backed gov't: watchdog - Xinhua {{!}} English.news.cn |url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-12/29/c_138664951.htm |access-date=2024-02-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191229131630/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-12/29/c_138664951.htm |archive-date=29 December 2019 }}</ref><br/>{{flagicon image|Flag of Jihad.svg}} [[Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries]]<br/>{{flag|Islamic State}}<br>{{flagicon image|Flag of the Muslim Brotherhood.png}} [[Muslim Brotherhood]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-05-14 |title=Libyan parl't votes to ban Muslim Brotherhood, designates it ‘terrorist group’ |url=https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/1/70401/Libyan-parl-t-votes-to-ban-Muslim-Brotherhood-designates-it |access-date=2024-04-15 |website=EgyptToday}}</ref><br/>{{flag|Hamas}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hamas dismisses claims it has fighters in Libya |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/hamas-dismisses-claims-it-has-fighters-in-libya/837416 |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=www.aa.com.tr}}</ref>
| war              = {{Collapsible list|bullets=on
|[[Factional violence in Libya (2011–2014)|Factional violence in Libya]]
*[[2012 Kufra conflict]]
*[[2012 Sabha conflict]]
*[[Siege of Bani Walid (2012)|Siege of Bani Walid]]
*[[2013 Benghazi conflict]]
|[[Libyan civil war (2014–2020)|Second Libyan Civil War]]
*[[Battle of Benghazi (2014)]]
*[[Battle of Benina Airport]]
*[[Battle of Benghazi (2014–2017)]]
*[[Siege of Derna|Siege of Derna (2016–2019)]]
*[[Derna campaign (2014–2016)]]
*[[February 2015 Egyptian airstrikes in Libya|2015 Egyptian airstrikes]]
*[[Battle of Traghan]]
*[[Gulf of Sidra Offensive (2017)]]
*[[Gulf of Sidra Offensive (2018)]]
*[[Southern Libya offensive]]
**[[Battle of Sabha (2019)]]
**[[2019 Murzuq airstrike]]
*[[Western Libya campaign]]
**[[2019 Misrata airstrike]]
**[[2019 Zuwarah airstrike]]
**[[Battle of Sirte (2020)]]
*[[Central Libya offensive]]
**[[2020 Al-Watiya airstrike]]
}}
| flag             = [[File:Flag of The Libyan National Army (Variant).svg|150px]]
}}

The '''Libyan National Army''' ('''LNA'''; {{langx|ar|الجيش الوطني الليبي}}, ''al-jaysh al-waṭaniyy al-Lībii'') or the '''Libyan Arab Army''' ('''LAA'''; {{langx|ar|الجيش العربي الليبي}}, ''al-Jaysh al-'Arabiyy al-Lībii'')<ref name="WashPost_LAAF" /> is a component of [[Libyan Armed Forces|Libya's military forces]] which were nominally a unified national force under the command of [[Field marshal (Libya)|Field Marshal]] [[Khalifa Haftar]] when he was nominated to the role on 2 March 2015<ref name="Al Jazeera">{{cite news | url= http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2015/03/libya-khalifa-haftar-army-chief-150302214813223.html | title= Libyan parliament confirms Haftar as army chief | work= Al Jazeera | date= 2 March 2015 | access-date= 3 March 2015 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150304043443/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2015/03/libya-khalifa-haftar-army-chief-150302214813223.html | archive-date= 4 March 2015 | url-status= live }}</ref> by the [[House of Representatives (Libya)|House of Representatives]], consisting at the time of a ground force, an air force and a navy.

In 2014, LNA launched [[Libyan Civil War (2014–present)#Operation Dignity|Operation Dignity]], a military campaign against the [[General National Congress]] and armed militias and Islamist militant organizations. When the internationally recognised [[Government of National Accord]] (GNA) was established in [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]], part of the Libyan military forces were named the [[Libyan Army]] to contrast with the other part that retained the LNA identity. In the [[Second Libyan Civil War (2014–present)|Second Libyan Civil War]], the LNA was loyal to that part of the [[House of Representatives (Libya)|Libyan House of Representatives]] that met in [[Tobruk]], internationally recognised until October 2015. It fights against the [[Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries]], as well as [[Islamic State in Libya]] which was a common enemy for both LNA and the Libyan Army.

About half of the LNA consists of militias<ref name="ISPI_Delalande_201805" /><ref name="JPack_Kingdom_Militias" /> including [[Madkhalism|Madkhali]] (Salafist) militias<ref name="Madkhali">{{cite web|url=https://www.libyaobserver.ly/news/sirte-falls-haftars-forces-thanks-madkhali-brigade-inside|title=Sirte falls to Haftar's forces, thanks to a Madkhali brigade from the inside {{!}} The Libya Observer|website=libyaobserver.ly|language=en|access-date=2020-01-06}}</ref> and Sudanese, Chadian<ref name="ISPI_Delalande_201805" /><ref name="JPack_Kingdom_Militias" /> and Russian mercenaries, which together constitute part of the LNA's effective forces.<ref>{{cite web | last1=Burke | first1=Jason | last2=Salih | first2=Zeinab Mohammed | title=Mercenaries flock to Libya raising fears of prolonged war | website=the Guardian | date=24 December 2019 | url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/24/mercenaries-flock-to-libya-raising-fears-of-prolonged-war | access-date=7 January 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227012855/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/24/mercenaries-flock-to-libya-raising-fears-of-prolonged-war | archive-date=27 December 2019 | url-status=live }}</ref> The LNA possesses its own air force. Most of the Libyan Navy is loyal to the GNA.<ref name="Anadolu_5migrants_die_Libya" /><ref name="JPack_Kingdom_Militias" />

Interventions in the political system by the LNA include the late 2016 replacement of nine [[2014 Libyan local elections|elected municipal councils]] out of a total of 27, replacing elected mayors by mostly military individuals<ref name="TalbotDenehy" /><ref name="Mayors_overthrown" /><ref name="UNDP_CCMCE_plan" /> and, according to witnesses cited by ''[[The Independent]]'', the 17 July 2019 abduction of House of Representatives member [[Seham Sergiwa]] at her home in [[Benghazi]] by the [[106th Brigade (Libya)|106th Brigade]].<ref name="Indep_106th_Brigade_Sergiwa" /><ref name="CNN_Sergewa_abducted" /> The LNA stated that it was not responsible for the Sergiwa abduction.<ref name="Indep_106th_Brigade_Sergiwa" />

== Name ==
In November 2019, the United Nations Panel of Experts on Libya established under [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973]] started using the name ''Haftar Armed Forces (HAF)'' to replace the name ''Libyan National Army'' to refer to "all armed groups associated with Haftar". It also chose to use lower case regarding "brigades" and "battalions" in order to avoid giving them "the legitimacy of being a formed military unit of a government".<ref name="UNPanelExperts_S_2019_914" />{{rp|6}}

== Allies ==
Haftar and the LNA is de facto backed by the governments of [[Egypt]], [[Russia]] and the [[United Arab Emirates]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Libya: GNA calls Egypt's military threat 'declaration of war'|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/6/22/libya-gna-calls-egypts-military-threat-declaration-of-war|access-date=2022-01-15|website=Al Jazeera|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|date=2019-04-08|title=Khalifa Haftar: The Libyan general with big ambitions|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-27492354|access-date=2022-01-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Libyan warlord's plane lands in Israel |url=https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-692622 |access-date=2022-03-22 |website=The Jerusalem Post |date= January 15, 2022 |first=Lahav |last=Harkov |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Israel's little-known support for Haftar's war in Libya |url=http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-little-known-support-haftar-war-libya |date=15 April 2020 |first=Yossi |last=Melman  |access-date=2022-03-22 |website=Middle East Eye |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-12-07 |title=EXCLUSIVE: Israeli military 'secretly training' Libya's Haftar militias in street warfare |url=https://english.alaraby.co.uk/news/exclusive-israeli-military-secretly-training-haftar-militias-libya |access-date=2022-03-22 |website=The New Arab |language=en}}</ref> [[France]] has also provided tacit backing for Haftars forces. France carried out unprecedented air strikes by its [[French Air and Space Force|Airforce]] on [[Insurgency in Northern Chad|Chadian opposition fighters]], which are LNA's biggest opponents. This resulted in a public dispute with [[Italy]], which is supporting the Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli.<ref name=":0" />

[[Russia]] is Haftar's most committed ally. In May 2020 the [[United States Africa Command|US Africa Command (AFRICOM)]] stated that Russia had deployed at least 14 MiG planes to the country. The plans were supported by private military contractors of [[Wagner Group]] and supporting the LNA.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Russia expands war presence in Libya |date=May 29, 2020 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/russia-expands-war-presence-in-libya/a-53623666|access-date=2022-01-15|website=DW |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Russia moves to secure its investment in Libya|url=https://www.jpost.com/opinion/russia-moves-to-secure-its-investment-in-libya-637374|access-date=2022-01-15|website=The Jerusalem Post |language=en-US |date=August 3, 2020 | first=Judah |last=Waxelbaum }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Barmin|first=Yury|title=Russia's endgame in Libya|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2019/7/11/russias-endgame-in-libya|access-date=2022-01-15|website=Al Jazeera|language=en |date=11 Jul 2019 }}</ref>

== Structure ==
* ground forces
** regular forces
** [[Al-Saiqa (Libya)|Special Forces]]
** military intelligence
** [[#Militias|militias]]
** [[#Foreign mercenaries|foreign units]]
* LNA component of the [[Libyan Air Force]]
* [[Libyan Navy|naval forces]]: coastal patrol vessels<ref name="JPack_Kingdom_Militias" />

==Ranks==
{{main|Military ranks of Libya}}

== Leadership ==
[[Khalifa Haftar]] was made head of the armed forces of Libya on 2 March 2015,<ref name="Al Jazeera"/> remaining as leader of the Libyan National Army after the split between the LNA and the [[Government of National Accord]] (GNA). {{As of|2017|12}}, Major General [[Abdulrazek al-Nadoori]] was the chief of staff of the LNA.<ref name="Nazhuri_Washington_lobbyist">{{cite news | last1= Fornaji | first1= Hadi | title= Nazhuri employs Washington lobbyist | date= 12 December 2017 | work= [[Libya Herald]] | url= https://www.libyaherald.com/2017/12/12/nazhuri-employs-washington-lobbyist/ | access-date= 23 April 2019 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190422233009/https://www.libyaherald.com/2017/12/12/nazhuri-employs-washington-lobbyist/ | archive-date= 22 April 2019 | url-status= live }}</ref> A lobbying firm was paid {{currency|450000|USD}} to lobby on his behalf for 12 months, starting 1 December 2017, in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref name="Nazhuri_Washington_lobbyist" /> [[Mahmoud al-Werfalli]], known internationally for his [[International Criminal Court investigation in Libya|International Criminal Court]] arrest warrant under Article [[wikisource:Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court#Article 8: War crimes|8(2)(c)(i) of the Rome Statute]], was Axes Commander in the [[Al-Saiqa (Libya)|al-Saiqa]] unit of the LNA {{as of|2017|08|lc=yes}}.<ref name="ICC_arrest_warrant" /><ref name="ICC_Werfalli_1970_report15" />
<!-- image likely to be deleted: [[File:عبد الرازق الناظوري.jpg|thumb|Chief of General Staff Lieutenant General [[Abdulrazek al-Nadoori]]]] -->

Other senior leaders include:
*Commander-in-chief [[Aguila Saleh Issa]] (President of the Libyan House of Representatives).{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}
*Supreme commander Field Marshal [[Khalifa Haftar]].
*Chief of Staff of the Libyan Air Force Major General [[Saqr Geroushi]].{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}
* Military intelligence Major General Ramadan Atiat-Allah.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}
* Libyan Special Forces Major General Wanis Bukhamada.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}} 
* Head of Operations Major General Abdulsalam al-Hasy.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}
* Official Spokesperson of the LNA Major General Ahmed al-Mesmary.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}
* Head of Darna operations room Major General Salim al-Rifady al-Obaidy.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}

== Ground forces ==

===Regular forces===
{{As of|2019|05}}, the LNA had about 7000 regular forces.<ref name="JPack_Kingdom_Militias" /> These include:

==== 106th Brigade ====
In April 2019, the [[106th Brigade (Libya)|106th Brigade]], also known as ''Awlia Aldem'' ({{langx|ar|أوليء الدم}})<ref name="CNN_Sergewa_abducted" /><ref name="Indep_106th_Brigade_Sergiwa" /> was led by Khaled, son of Khalifa Haftar.<ref name="SANA_WhoWhom_Tripoli" /> {{As of|2019|06}}, the brigade's commander was Salem Rahil.<ref name="AlMarsad_alRahil_106th_brigade" />

On 17 July 2019, according to witnesses cited by ''[[The Independent]]'' and a family member cited by ''[[CNN]]'', 25–30 masked, uniformed 106th Brigade members abducted member of the [[House of Representatives (Libya)|Libyan House of Representatives]] [[Seham Sergiwa]] in [[Benghazi]].<ref name="Indep_106th_Brigade_Sergiwa" /><ref name="CNN_Sergewa_abducted" /> The LNA stated that it was not responsible for the abduction.<ref name="Indep_106th_Brigade_Sergiwa" />
{{As of|2019|10|17}}, after multiple calls by [[United Nations Support Mission in Libya|UNSMIL]] for the LNA to investigate the disappearance, Sergiwa remained missing.<ref name="UNSMIL_Sergiwa_20191017" />

==== 73rd Brigade Mechanized infantry ====
Leader: Saleh al-Quta'ani (Aug 2019)<ref name="SANA_WhoWhom_Tripoli" />

==== Tareq ben Ziyad Brigade ====
Leader: Omar Mraje' (Aug 2019)<ref name="SANA_WhoWhom_Tripoli" />

==== 9th Brigade ====
Leader: Kani brothers; origin: [[Tarhuna]] (Aug 2019)<ref name="SANA_WhoWhom_Tripoli" />

==== 128th Battalion ====
Leader: Hassan al-Zadma; many Mahamid members (Aug 2019)<ref name="SANA_WhoWhom_Tripoli" />

==== 116th Battalion ====
Leader: Massoud Jiddu (Aug 2019)<ref name="SANA_WhoWhom_Tripoli" />

==== 124th Brigade ====
Leader:{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}

==== 309th Brigade Mechanized infantry ====
Leader:{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}

==== 1st Brigade ====
Leader:{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}

==== 166th Brigade Mechanized infantry ====
Leader:{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}

==== 188th Brigade infantry ====
Leader:{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}

==== 5th Brigade infantry ====
Leader:{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}

==== 115th Brigade Mechanized infantry ====
Leader:{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}

==== 82nd Brigade infantry ====
Leader:{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}

===Special forces===
[[Al-Saiqa (Libya)|Al-Saiqa]] is an elite army unit, formed from a mixture of paratroopers and commandos. It numbers a few thousand and reports to the Ministry of Defence. It is popular in Benghazi, particularly in light of its opposition to Islamist [[Ansar al-Sharia (Benghazi)|Ansar al-Sharia]] group and because it is seen as a symbol of the reborn Libyan armed forces.<ref>{{cite news|title=Guide to key Libyan militias and other armed groups|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-19744533|date=28 November 2013|publisher=BBC|access-date=20 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703174433/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-19744533|archive-date=3 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Militias===
[[Madkhalism|Madkhali]] militias in the LNA include the [[Tawhid]] Battalion commanded by Izz al-Din al-Tarhuni; the [[Tariq Ibn Ziyad Brigade]], the [[Subul al-Salam]] group and the [[al-Wadi Brigade]].<ref name="MEE_LNA_composition" /> LNA groups from [[Sabratha]], [[Sorman]], [[Tiji, Libya|Tiji]] and [[Badr, Libya|Badr]], towns in which Madkhali preachers were active and supported Haftar, are mostly Madkhali Salafists.<ref name="SANA_WhoWhom_Tripoli" />

During the [[2019–20 Western Libya campaign]], the LNA was allied with the [[al-Kaniyat militia]] in [[Tarhuna]].<ref name="setback"/><ref name="FP"/><ref name="WP"/><ref name="NYT"/><ref name="NYT2"/>

The number of auxiliary LNA forces (militias and mercenaries) was estimated in May 2019 as {{val|18000}} by Jason Pack of the [[Institute for International Political Studies]].<ref name="JPack_Kingdom_Militias" />

===Foreign mercenaries===
Foreign mercenaries operating during 2019 Western Libya offensive on behalf of the LNA include Sudanese, Chadians and Russians.<ref name="MEE_LNA_composition" />

'''Sudanese''' from the [[Sudan Liberation Movement/Army#Main factions|Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (Minnawi)]] were present in Libya starting in March 2015 and fought on behalf of the LNA in 2016. SLM (Minnawi) planned on leaving Libya in early 2017.<ref name="UNSC_S_2017_466_E" />{{rp|115}} [[Sudan Liberation Movement/Army#Main factions|Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (al-Nur)]] fighters fought on behalf of the LNA, with {{val|1500}} personnel in Libya in mid-2016.<ref name="UNSC_S_2017_466_E" />{{rp|115}} Involvement of Sudanese mercenaries continued in 2018.<ref name="UNSC_S_2018_812_E" />{{rp|9,79,80}}
On 25 July 2019, 1000 members of the Sudanese [[Rapid Support Forces]], widely attributed to be responsible for the 3 June 2019 [[Khartoum massacre]],<ref name="DailyBeast_Hemeti_responsibility" /> arrived in Libya and were expected to number 4000 in total.<ref name="Dabanga_1000RSF_oil_sites" />

'''Chadians''' from the [[Rally of Democratic Forces (rebel group)|Rally of Democratic Forces]] ({{langx|fr|Rassemblement des Forces Démocratique}}) were recruited by the LNA in late 2015,<ref name="ISPI_Delalande_201805" /> especially in the southern part of Libya.<ref name="MEE_LNA_composition"/>

There were an estimated 200 '''Russian''' [[Wagner Group]] mercenaries in the LNA in 2019.<ref name="NYT">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/05/world/middleeast/russia-libya-mercenaries.html|title=Russian Snipers, Missiles and Warplanes Try to Tilt Libyan War|first=David D.|last=Kirkpatrick|newspaper=The New York Times|date=5 November 2019}}</ref><ref name="WP">{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/arrival-of-russian-mercenaries-adds-deadlier-firepower-modern-tactics-to-libyas-civil-war/2019/11/05/f330820c-fa03-11e9-9534-e0dbcc9f5683_story.html|title=Arrival of Russian mercenaries adds deadlier firepower, modern tactics to Libya's civil war|newspaper=Washington Post}}</ref><ref name="FP">{{Cite web|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/12/05/libya-khalifa-haftar-take-tripoli-russian-fighters-help/|title=With the Help of Russian Fighters, Libya's Haftar Could Take Tripoli|first=Frederic|last=Wehrey|date=5 December 2019 }}</ref><ref name="setback">{{Cite web|url=https://madamasr.com/en/2019/12/28/feature/politics/from-tripolis-front-lines-how-haftar-recovered-from-the-setback-in-gharyan-and-whats-next-for-the-advancing-lna/|title=From Tripoli's front lines: How Haftar recovered from the setback in Gharyan and what's next for the advancing LNA}}</ref><ref name="NYT2">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/05/world/middleeast/russia-libya-mercenaries.html |title=Russian Snipers, Missiles and Warplanes Try to Tilt Libyan War - The New York Times |newspaper=The New York Times |date=5 November 2019 |last1=Kirkpatrick |first1=David D. }}</ref>

On 1 January 2022, the ''5+5 Libyan Joint Military Commission'' announced the deportation of 300 Sudanese mercenaries linked to the LNA from the Eastern Region.<ref>{{Cite web|title=JMC announces deportation of 300 mercenaries belong to Haftar's forces {{!}} The Libya Observer|url=https://www.libyaobserver.ly/news/jmc-announces-deportation-300-mercenaries-belong-haftars-forces|access-date=2022-01-01|website=www.libyaobserver.ly|language=en}}</ref>

==History==
{{See also|Armed Forces of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya}}

===2011–2013===
The Libyan National Army was founded in 2011 by the [[National Transitional Council]], after forces aligned to it defeated the previous [[Libyan Army (1951–2011)|Libyan Army]] and overthrew [[Muammar Gaddafi]]'s government. Supply depots and bases having been damaged during the [[2011 Libyan Civil War|civil war]], the new army is faced with the challenge of having to rebuild much of the country's military infrastructure.<ref>{{cite news|title=Libya's new military chief to disarm former rebels|url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2012-01-04/libya-disarm-rebels/52380424/1|newspaper=USA Today|access-date=24 May 2012|date=4 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305101812/http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2012-01-04/libya-disarm-rebels/52380424/1|archive-date=5 March 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Yousef Mangoush]] was named as its first Chief of Staff on 2 January 2012 and the force saw its first major deployment on 23 February, when it was deployed to [[Kufra]] to intervene in a [[2012 Kufra conflict|tribal conflict]].<ref>{{cite news|title=New Libya army flexes muscles to halt tribal fight|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-libya-clashes-idUSTRE81M2B620120223|work=Reuters|access-date=24 May 2012|date=23 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924162506/http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/23/us-libya-clashes-idUSTRE81M2B620120223|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

In November 2011, the National Transitional Council began the difficult process of restructuring the army, with military personnel who defected from the Gaddafi government and former rebel fighters of the National Liberation Army forming the basis of the new Libyan Army. Major General Khalifa Belgacem Haftar was chosen as the overall commander of the new Libyan Army due to his military experience and loyalty to the revolution that overthrew Gaddafi.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201111180053.html |title=Libya: New Chief for Revamped National Army |publisher=[[AllAfrica.com]] |date=17 November 2011 |access-date=5 February 2013}}</ref>

The Libyan Army only numbered "a few thousand" trained soldiers in November 2011, and was rapidly trying to train up new fighters who could keep the peace nationwide and deter rogue militias from acting without NTC orders, and was responsible for brokering a ceasefire on at least one occasion in November between warring militas from Zawiya and Al Maya.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/22/world/africa/libyas-toughest-test-may-be-building-an-army.html|date=21 November 2011|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|title=Libyas toughest test may be building an army|access-date=7 December 2013|first=Clifford|last=Krauss|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190218021609/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/22/world/africa/libyas-toughest-test-may-be-building-an-army.html|archive-date=18 February 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 1 December 2011, it was reported that the National Liberation Army was to integrate up to 50,000 former rebel fighters into the new Libyan national army and police forces, with the aid of French training, with long-term aims to integrate as many as 200,000 fighters from the brigades that had fought against Gaddafi during the civil war.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2011/12/17254/libya-says-to-integrate-50000-anti-kadhafi-fighters/ |date=1 December 2011 |publisher=[[Morocco World News]] |title=Libya says to integrate 50,000 anti kadhafi fighters |access-date=20 May 2020}}</ref>

In December 2011, Italy agreed to provide training to the Libyan Army as it attempted to reorganize in the aftermath of the Civil War.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.turkishweekly.net/news/128525/turkey-to-train-libya-39-s-army.html |title=Turkey to Train Libya's Army |publisher=Turkishweekly.net |access-date=7 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171308/http://www.turkishweekly.net/news/128525/turkey-to-train-libya-39-s-army.html |archive-date=12 December 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shabablibya.org/news/turkey-to-train-libyas-army |title=Turkey to Train Libya's Army « Shabab Libya |publisher=Shabablibya.org |access-date=5 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129041858/http://www.shabablibya.org/news/turkey-to-train-libyas-army |archive-date=29 November 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Also in December, large numbers of former rebels were being given jobs in the new army, whilst the government also announced that they would be free to join the special forces and the Navy too. According to [[Osama al-Juwaili]], the defence minister: "The idea is to inject new blood in the army which was marginalised by the tyrant (Gaddafi)"<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8977796/Former-Libyan-rebels-offered-military-jobs.html | location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph | title=Former Libyan rebels offered military jobs | date=26 December 2011 | access-date=3 April 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190218021308/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8977796/Former-Libyan-rebels-offered-military-jobs.html | archive-date=18 February 2019 | url-status=live }}</ref>

General [[Yousef Mangoush]] said on 5 January 2012 that Libya's new army faces major obstacles such as rebuilding bases destroyed during the conflict, as well as disarming militias that were not part of the new army. National Army commander General [[Khalifa Haftar]] said later that it could take between three and five years for Libya to field a capable enough army to protect its borders.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/world/libya-army-chief-of-staff-wants-to-disarm-fighters_750463.html|publisher=Zeenews.india.com|date=5 January 2012|access-date=5 January 2012|title=Libya army chief of staff wants to disarm fighters|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190218081743/https://zeenews.india.com/news/world/libya-army-chief-of-staff-wants-to-disarm-fighters_750463.html|archive-date=18 February 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 7 May 2013, Libya's Defense Minister [[Mohammed Al-Barghathi|Mohammed al-Barghathi]] resigned due to a crisis caused by gunmen who have besieged two ministries for more than a week, a ministry official said. He later withdrew his resignation after Prime Minister Zeidan convinced him to stay.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/africa/2013/05/07/Libya-defense-minister-resigns-amid-siege-crisis.html |title=Libyan defence chief reverses move to quit, gunmen press siege |date=7 May 2013 |publisher=English.alarabiya.net |access-date=7 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415064020/http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/africa/2013/05/07/Libya-defense-minister-resigns-amid-siege-crisis.html |archive-date=15 April 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Under an agreement reached at the Lough Erne G8 summit in June 2013, NATO countries the United Kingdom, Italy, Turkey, and the United States undertook to help train up to 15,000 personnel from Libyan National Army units over a two-year period. They were to take units from newly formed brigades for 10-week stints of intensive infantry training. The 27th Brigade was due to start at [[Bassingbourn Barracks|Bassingbourn]] in eastern England in January 2014.<ref name="The_Observer_brigades"/> As a result of disorder and sexual assaults by some Libyan army cadets, the UK cancelled the programme in November 2014. The Libyan trainees were sent back to Libya, with the exception of five who were tried for sexual offenses.<ref>{{cite news|title=Libyan troops sent home after sexual assault allegations|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/nov/04/lansley-criticises-ministry-defence-serious-failure-libyan-military-training|date=5 November 2014|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=15 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181027212101/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/nov/04/lansley-criticises-ministry-defence-serious-failure-libyan-military-training|archive-date=27 October 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

===2016 overthrow of mayors===
In late 2016, Major-General [[Abdulrazek al-Nadoori]] of the LNA replaced several of the [[2014 Libyan local elections|elected municipal mayors]] in eastern Libya by unelected people, mostly military.<ref name="TalbotDenehy">{{cite web | last1 = Talbot | first1 = Frank | last2 = Denehy | first2 = David | title = Is it time for municipal elections in Libya? | publisher = [[Institute for International Political Studies]] | date = 13 December 2018 | url = https://www.ispionline.it/en/pubblicazione/it-time-municipal-elections-libya-21779 | access-date = 21 April 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190420232630/https://www.ispionline.it/en/pubblicazione/it-time-municipal-elections-libya-21779 | archive-date = 20 April 2019 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="Mayors_overthrown">{{cite news| title=Serraj condemns eastern suppression of elected mayors| date=3 October 2016| work=[[Libya Herald]]| url=https://www.libyaherald.com/2016/10/03/serraj-condemns-eastern-suppression-of-elected-mayors/| access-date=20 April 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190420232642/https://www.libyaherald.com/2016/10/03/serraj-condemns-eastern-suppression-of-elected-mayors/| archive-date=20 April 2019| url-status=live}}</ref> Altogether the LNA replaced nine elected councils, out of 27 in its area of control, by military administrators.<ref name="UNDP_CCMCE_plan">{{cite web| title =Project Document – Libya – Local Elections| publisher =[[United Nations Development Programme]]| date =4 February 2019| url =https://www.undp.org/content/dam/libya/docs/Signed%20ProDoc%20CCMCE%20(002).pdf| access-date =1 May 2019| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20200106130806/https://www.undp.org/content/dam/libya/docs/Signed%20ProDoc%20CCMCE%20(002).pdf| archive-date =6 January 2020| url-status =live}}</ref>

==Equipment==
[[File:Ударный китайский БПЛА Wing Loong II - МАКС-2017 02.jpg|thumb|Chinese Wing Loong II UAVs deployed by UAE to the LNA]]
Whilst it is known to a degree what equipment the Libyan National Army uses, the exact numbers of the below equipment currently in use is not known. What is certain is that a reasonable quantity of their equipment probably came from ransacked stocks of the original [[Libyan Army (1951–2011)|Libyan Army]] and from defectors as well. A significant amount of arms and equipment possessed by the LNA were majorly shipped by the United Arab Emirates and Russia.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Delalande |first1=Arnaud |title=The rise of Libya's renegade general: How Haftar built his war machine |url=https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/rise-libyas-renegade-general-how-haftar-built-his-war-machine |access-date=24 December 2023 |work=Middle East Eye |date=13 May 2019 |language=en}}</ref> Having an airbase in Libya (Al-Khadim), the UAE constantly breached the UN arms embargo to transfer arms to the Haftar forces. An Emirati firm, Lancaster-6 was involved in transferring three Super Pumas to the LNA in June 2019. The helicopters were believed to be incapable to operate. The three helicopters remained inside hangars until Haftar's military parade in May 2021 and were expected to take part in his air force.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.africaintelligence.com/north-africa_business/2021/07/01/how-haftar-resurrected-his-three-super-pumas,109676883-art|title=How Haftar resurrected his three Super Pumas|accessdate=1 July 2021|website=African Intelligence|date=July 2021}}</ref>

===Technicals===
A variety of pickup/utility vehicles, called [[technical (vehicle)|technical]]s and [[gun trucks]], often [[Toyota]] and other makers, armed with a variety of different weapons, including heavy machine guns, light MLRS' and anti-aircraft guns, most commonly used is the [[ZU-23-2]] and the [[ZPU]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.acus.org/content/rebel-fighter-celebrates-his-comrades-fire-rocket-barrage-toward-gaddafi-forces-west-ajdabiy |title=A rebel fighter celebrates as his comrades fire a rocket barrage toward Gaddafi forces west of Ajdabiyah, Libya, April 14, 2011. |publisher=Atlantic Council |date=14 April 2011 |access-date=5 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527160711/http://www.acus.org/content/rebel-fighter-celebrates-his-comrades-fire-rocket-barrage-toward-gaddafi-forces-west-ajdabiy |archive-date=27 May 2013 }}</ref><ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12692068 |title=Libya: How the opposing sides are armed |work=BBC News |date=23 August 2011 |access-date=5 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408200937/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12692068 |archive-date=8 April 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Small arms===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Name
! Image
! style="width:115px;"| Country of origin
! Type
! Caliber
! Details
|-
| [[AK-47]]
| [[File:AK-47 Side-Render.png|150x150px]]
| {{USSR}}
| [[Assault rifle]]
| [[7.62×39mm]]
| <ref name="BICC">{{cite web |title=Libya - SALW Guide |url=https://salw-guide.bicc.de/pdf/countries/128/libya.std.en.pdf |website=Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC) |access-date=24 December 2023 |page=2}}</ref>
|-
| [[AKM]]
| [[File:AKM automatkarbin Ryssland - 7,62x39mm - Armémuseum rightside noBG.png|150x150px]]
| {{USSR}}
| [[Assault rifle]]
| [[7.62×39mm]]
| <ref name="BICC" />
|-
| [[AK-103]]
| [[File:Ak-103-a45.jpg|150x150px]]
| {{RUS}}
| [[Assault rifle]]
| [[7.62×39mm]]
| <ref name="Transfers" />
|-
| [[AR-M1]]
| [[File:BulgAR.jpg|150x150px]]
| {{BUL}}
| [[Assault rifle]]
| [[5.56×45mm NATO]]<br />[[7.62×39mm]]
| Supplied by the [[UAE]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jenzen-Jones |first1=N.R. |title=Bulgarian AR-M9 and AR-M9F Rifles Supplied by UAE to Allied Forces – Small Arms Defense Journal |url=https://sadefensejournal.com/bulgarian-ar-m9-and-ar-m9f-rifles-supplied-by-uae-to-allied-forces/ |website=Small Arms Defense Journal |access-date=8 June 2023}}</ref>
|-
| [[Type 56]]
| [[File:Type 56 mod02 noBG.png|150x150px]]
| {{CHN}}
| [[Assault rifle]]
| [[7.62×39mm]]
| Type 56-1 rifles supplied by the UAE.<ref name="Transfers">{{cite web |last1=Mitzer |first1=Stijn |last2=Oliemans |first2=Joost |title=Tracking Arms Transfers By The UAE, Russia, Jordan And Egypt To The Libyan National Army Since 2014 |url=https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2020/06/types-of-arms-and-equipment-supplied-to.html |website=Oryx |access-date=24 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230924121225/https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2020/06/types-of-arms-and-equipment-supplied-to.html |archive-date=24 September 2023 |date=23 March 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[Heckler & Koch G36]]
| [[File:Gewehr G36 noBG.png|150x150px]]
| {{GER}}
| [[Assault rifle]]
| [[5.56×45mm NATO]]
| <ref name="BICC" />
|-
| [[MAT-49]]
| [[File:Submachine gun MAT 49.jpg|150x150px]]
| {{FRA}}
| [[Submachine gun]]
| [[9×19mm Parabellum]]
| <ref name="BICC" />
|-
| [[FN P90]]
| [[File:FN-P90 noBG.jpg|150x150px]]
| {{BEL}}
| [[Submachine gun]]
| [[FN 5.7×28mm]]
| <ref name="BICC" />
|-
| [[SVD (rifle)|SVD]]
| [[File:SVD Dragunov-removebg-preview.png|150x150px]]
| {{USSR}}
| [[Designated marksman rifle]]
| [[7.62×54mmR]]
| <ref name="Jones" />
|-
| [[RPD machine gun]]
| [[File:LMG-RPD-44 noBG.png|150x150px]]
| {{USSR}}
| [[Light machine gun]]
| [[7.62×39mm]]
| <ref name="Jones">{{Cite book |last=Jones |first=Richard D. |title=Jane's Infantry Weapons 2009/2010 |date=5 January 2009 |publisher=Jane's Information Group |isbn=978-0-7106-2869-5 |edition=35}}</ref>
|-
| [[RPK machine gun]]
| 
| {{USSR}}
| [[Light machine gun]]
| [[7.62×39mm]]
| <ref name="Jones"/>
|-

| [[PK machine gun|PKM]]
| [[File:PK machine gun.jpg|150x150px]]
| {{USSR}}
| [[General-purpose machine gun]]
| [[7.62×54mmR]]
| <ref name="Transfers" />
|-
| [[Type 80 machine gun|Type 80]]
| [[File:Chinese pkms.png|150x150px]]
| {{CHN}}
| [[General-purpose machine gun]]
| [[7.62×54mmR]]
| Supplied by the UAE.<ref name="Transfers" />
|-
| [[DShK]]
| [[File:Libyan Civil War in October 2011 (07).jpg|150x150px]]
| {{USSR}}
| [[Heavy machine gun]]
| [[12.7×108mm]]
| <ref name="Jones" />
|-
| [[W85 heavy machine gun|W85]]
| [[File:Bataille d'al-Bab 14 décembre 2016 (2).jpg|150x150px]]
| {{CHN}}
| [[Heavy machine gun]]
| [[12.7×108mm]]
| Supplied by the UAE.<ref name="Transfers" />
|-
| [[SPG-9]]
| [[File:Spg 9 from libya.jpg|150x150px]]
| {{USSR}}
| [[Recoilless rifle]]
| 73mm
| Supplied by [[Jordan]].<ref name="Transfers"/>
|-
| [[Carl Gustaf 8.4 cm recoilless rifle|Carl Gustaf]]
| [[File:Carl Gustaf. recoilless.rifle.jpg|150x150px]]
| {{SWE}}
| [[Recoilless rifle]]
| 84mm
| <ref name="IISS2023"/>
|-
| [[M40 recoilless rifle|M40A1]]
| [[File:Recoilless-rifle-beyt-hatotchan-1.jpg|150x150px]]
| {{US}}
| [[Recoilless rifle]]
| 105mm
| <ref name="IISS2023">{{cite book |last1=International Institute for Strategic Studies |title=The Military Balance 2023 |date=15 February 2023 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1032508955 |page=341 |edition=1st |author1-link=International Institute for Strategic Studies }}</ref>
|-
| [[RPG-7]]
| [[File:Rpg-7.jpg|150x150px]]
| {{USSR}}
| [[Rocket-propelled grenade]]
| 40mm
| <ref name="BICC" />
|-
| [[Type 69 RPG]]
| [[File:Type 69 RPG @ PA 122nd Anniversary Caravan.jpg|150x150px]]
| {{CHN}}
| [[Rocket-propelled grenade]]
| 40mm
| Supplied by the UAE.<ref name="Transfers" />
|-
| [[RPG-32]]
|
| {{RUS}}<br />{{JOR}}
| [[Rocket-propelled grenade]]
| 105mm
| RPG-32 Nashshab supplied by Jordan.<ref name="Transfers" />
|-
| [[9M14 Malyutka]]
| [[File:9K11 Malyutka on display.JPEG|150x150px]]
| {{USSR}}
| [[Anti-tank guided missile]]
| 125mm
| <ref name="IISS2023" />
|-
| [[9K111 Fagot]]
| [[File:9K111 Fagot mockup.jpg|150x150px]]
| {{USSR}}
| [[Anti-tank guided missile]]
| 120mm
| <ref name="IISS2023" />
|-
| [[9M113 Konkurs]]
| [[File:AT-5 spandrel.JPG|150x150px]]
| {{USSR}}
| [[Anti-tank guided missile]]
| 135mm
| <ref name="IISS2023" />
|-
| [[9M133 Kornet]]
| [[File:MAKS2015 by M. Mahdi Yazdi - 08.jpg|150x150px]]
| {{RUS}}
| [[Anti-tank guided missile]]
| 152mm
| Supplied by the UAE.<ref name="Transfers" /> Some Iranian-made copies are also used.<ref>{{cite web |title=Anti-tank missile in Libya looks like Iran-produced weapon - U.N. |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/iran-arms-libya-un-idUSKBN28I2SX |website=Reuters |access-date=18 June 2023 |language=en |date=8 December 2020}}</ref>
|-
| [[MILAN]]
| [[File:Tag der Bundeswehr Jagel 2019 HJL 13 noBG.png|150x150px]]
| {{FRA}}<br />{{GER}}
| [[Anti-tank guided missile]]
| 115mm
| <ref name="IISS2023" />
|-
| [[FGM-148 Javelin]]
| [[File:Javelin Fire! (48638261261).jpg|150x150px]]
| {{US}}
| [[Anti-tank guided missile]]
| 127mm
| Transferred from France.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lacher |first1=Wolfram |title=Who's Fighting Whom in Tripoli: How the 2019 Civil War is Transforming Libya's Military Landscape |date=21 August 2019 |publisher=Small Arms Survey |location=Geneva, Switzerland |page=14 |url=https://www.smallarmssurvey.org/resource/whos-fighting-whom-tripoli-how-2019-civil-war-transforming-libyas-military-landscape |access-date=18 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
|}

===Main battle tanks===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Model
! Image
! style="width:115px;"| Origin
! Variant
! Details
|-
| [[T-54/T-55]]<ref name="IISS2023" />
| [[File:T-55_4.jpg|150x150px]]
| {{USSR}}<br />{{EGY}}
| T-55A<br />T-55E
| Supplied by Egypt.<ref name="Parade">{{cite web |last1=Mitzer |first1=Stijn |last2=Oliemans |first2=Joost |title=Photo Report: Haftar's Last Parade |url=https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/08/photo-report-haftars-last-parade.html |website=Oryx |access-date=24 December 2023 |date=27 August 2022}}</ref> 
|-
| [[T-62]]<ref name="IISS2023" />
| [[File:Soviet T-62M MBT Standard Battle Tank (28072746444).jpg|150x150px]]
| {{USSR}}<br />{{RUS}}
| T-62M<br />T-62MV
| T-62M and T-62MV supplied by Russia.<ref name="Transfers" />
|-
|[[T-72]]<ref name="IISS2023" />
|[[File:ParkPatriot2015part2-19.jpg|150x150px]]
|{{URS}}
|T-72<br />T-72M1
| Some were upgraded by [[General Dynamics]] UK prior to the [[2011 Libyan revolution]].<ref name="Parade"/>
|-
|}

===Armored fighting vehicles===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Model
! Image
! style="width:115px;"| Origin
! Type
! Variant
! Details
|- 
| [[BMP-1]]
| [[File:Bmp-1-DMSC9112086 JPG.jpg|150x150px]]
| {{USSR}}
| [[Infantry fighting vehicle]]
|
| <ref name="IISS2023"/>
|-
| [[BMP-3]]
| [[File:BMP-3 (2).jpg|150x150px]]
| {{RUS}}
| [[Infantry fighting vehicle]]
|
| 10 delivered in 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.libyaherald.com/2013/09/25/russians-delivers-armoured-fighting-vehicles/#axzz2fxSqSdIq |title=Russians deliver armoured fighting vehicles |work=Libya Herald |access-date=7 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180914145459/https://www.libyaherald.com/2013/09/25/russians-delivers-armoured-fighting-vehicles/#axzz2fxSqSdIq |archive-date=14 September 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[Ratel IFV]]<ref name="IISS2023" />
| [[File:SANDF Armed Forces Day 2017 - South African Army Ratel IFV (32921886001).jpg|150x150px]]
| {{SAF}}
| [[Infantry fighting vehicle]]
| Ratel 20 <br/> Ratel 60
| 1 Ratel 60 was captured by the [[Government of National Accord|GNA]] at Tarhuna.<ref name="Tarhuna">{{cite web |last1=Mitzer |first1=Stijn |last2=Oliemans |first2=Joost |title=Disaster at Tarhuna: When Haftar Lost Another Stronghold In Crushing Defeat To The GNA |url=https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2020/09/disaster-at-tarhuna-how-haftar-blew-yet.html |website=Oryx |access-date=24 December 2023 |date=15 March 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[BRDM-2]]<ref name="IISS2023" />
| [[File:BRDM-2 (1964) owned by James Stewart pic5A.JPG|150x150px]]
| {{USSR}} <br /> {{UKR}}
| [[Armored car (military)|Armored car]]
| 
| Some were supplied by the UAE.<ref name="Transfers" />
|-
| [[EE-9 Cascavel]]
| [[File:EE-9 Cascavel (4968753726).jpg|150x150px]]
| {{BRA}}
| [[Armored car (military)|Armored car]]
|
| <ref name="IISS2023" />
|-
| [[M113]]
| [[File:M113 outside of Misrata (4) (8288581501).jpg|150x150px]]
| {{US}}
| Tracked [[armored personnel carrier]]
|
| <ref name="IISS2023" />
|-
| [[MT-LB]]
| [[File:Bronnitsy - MT-LBu-GPM-10.jpg|150x150px]]
| {{USSR}}
| Command vehicle
| MT-LBu
| <ref name="Parade" />
|-
| [[BTR-60]]
| [[File:Belarus-Pruzhany-Stepan Gudimov Park-BTR-60PB-10.jpg|150x150px]]
| {{USSR}}
| Wheeled [[armored personnel carrier]]
| BTR-60PB
| <ref name="IISS2023" />
|-
| [[KADDB Al Mared]]<ref name="IISS2023" />
| 
| {{JOR}}
| Wheeled [[armored personnel carrier]]
| 
| Supplied by Jordan.<ref name="Transfers" />
|-
| [[Mbombe 6]]<ref name="IISS2023" />
| [[File:Mbombe-infanteriegevegsvoertuig,_Waterkloof_Lugmagbasis.jpg|150x150px]]
| {{SAF}}
| Wheeled [[armored personnel carrier]]
| 
| Supplied by Jordan.<ref name="Transfers" />
|-
| [[Nimr (armored personnel carrier)|Nimr]]<ref name="IISS2023" />
| [[File:NIMR JAIS IDEX 2017.jpg|150x150px]]
| {{UAE}}
| Wheeled [[armored personnel carrier]]
| Jais N35 4x4<br />Nimr II
| 49 donated by Jordan.<ref name="SIPRI" />
|-
| [[Puma (AFV)|Puma]]<ref name="IISS2023"/>
| [[File:Puma 6x6 (Carabinieri).jpg|150x150px]]
| {{ITA}}
| Wheeled [[armored personnel carrier]]
| 6x6
| 20 donated by Italy.<ref name="SIPRI">{{cite web |title=Trade Registers |url=https://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/trade_register.php |website=Stockholm International Peace Research Institute |access-date=24 December 2023}}</ref>
|-
| [[BAE Caiman]]<ref name="IISS2023" />
| [[File:Caiman mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles in Iraq.jpg|150x150px]]
| {{US}}
| [[MRAP]]
| 
| Supplied by the UAE.<ref name="Transfers" />
|-
| [[INKAS Titan]]<ref name="IISS2023"/>
| 
| {{UAE}}
| [[MRAP]]
| Titan-S 4x4<br />Titan-S 6x6<br />Titan-DS
| Supplied by the UAE.<ref name="Transfers" />
|-
| [[STREIT Group|STREIT Group Typhoon]]<ref name="IISS2023" />
| [[File:Streit Typhoon.png|150x150px]]
| {{UAE}}
| [[MRAP]]
|
| 50 donated by the UAE.<ref name="SIPRI" />
|-
| [[BMC Vuran]]<ref name="IISS2023" />
| [[File:Kirpi.jpg|150x150px]]
| {{TUR}}
| [[MRAP]]
|
| Captured from GNA forces.
|-
| [[HMMWV]]
| [[File:High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV).tiff|150x150px]]
| {{US}}
| [[Infantry mobility vehicle]]
|
| 200 donated by the US in 2012.<ref name="Tarhuna"/>
|-
| [[KADDB Al Wahsh]]<ref name="IISS2023" />
| [[File:Royal Tank Museum 98.jpg|150x150px]]
| {{JOR}}
| [[Infantry mobility vehicle]]
| 
| Supplied by Jordan.<ref name="Transfers" />
|-
| [[STREIT Group|STREIT Group Cougar]]
| [[File:Kraz-Cougar.jpg|150x150px]]
| {{UAE}}
| [[Infantry mobility vehicle]]
|
| Supplied by the UAE.<ref name="Transfers" />
|-
| [[STREIT Group|KrAZ Cobra]]
| [[File:KrAZ Cobra.jpg|150x150px]]
| {{UAE}}
| [[Infantry mobility vehicle]]
|
| Supplied by the UAE.<ref name="Transfers" />
|-
| [[STREIT Group Spartan]]<ref name="IISS2023" />
| [[File:Spartan-APC UAE Desert Sand.jpg|150x150px]]
| {{UAE}}
| [[Infantry mobility vehicle]]
|
| 750 donated by the UAE.<ref name="SIPRI" />
|-
| [[Panthera T6]]<ref name="IISS2023" />
| [[File:UA 47th bde Panthera T6.jpg|150x150px]]
| {{UAE}}
| [[Infantry mobility vehicle]]
|
| Supplied by the UAE.<ref name="Transfers" />
|-
| [[Panthera F9]]<ref name="IISS2023" />
| [[File:Сирийский перелом в Биробиджане 02.jpg|150x150px]]
| {{UAE}}
| [[Infantry mobility vehicle]]
|
| Supplied by the UAE.<ref name="Transfers" />
|-
| [[Igirigi APC]]
| 
| {{NGR}}
| [[Infantry mobility vehicle]]
| Mk II
| Supplied by the UAE.<ref name="Transfers" />
|-
| [[TAG Terrier LT-79]]<ref name="IISS2023" />
|
| {{US}}
| [[Infantry mobility vehicle]]
|
| Supplied by the UAE.<ref name="Transfers" />
|-
| [[TAG BATT AP]]
|
| {{US}}
| [[Infantry mobility vehicle]]
|
| Supplied by the UAE.<ref name="Transfers" />
|-
| [[GAZ Tigr]]
| [[File:GAZ 233114 Tigr-M Arbalet-DM.jpg|150x150px]]
| {{RUS}}
| [[Infantry mobility vehicle]]
| Tigr-M
| 4 were transferred from the [[Wagner Group]] to the LNA.<ref name="Parade" />
|}

===Artillery===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Name
! Image
! style="width:115px;"| Country of origin
! Type
! Caliber
! Details
|-
| [[2S1 Gvozdika]]
| [[File:Verkhnyaya Pyshma Tank Museum 2011 221.jpg|150x150px]]
| {{USSR}}
| [[Self-propelled gun]]
| 122mm
| <ref name="IISS2023" />
|-
| [[122 mm howitzer 2A18 (D-30)|D-30]]
| [[File:122 mm howitzer 2A18 (D-30).jpg|150x150px]]
| {{USSR}}
| Towed [[howitzer]]
| 122mm 
| <ref name="IISS2023" />
|-
| [[122 mm howitzer M1938 (M-30)|M-30]]
| [[File:M-30-122mm-howitzer-batey-haosef-1.jpg|150x150px]]
| {{USSR}}
| Towed [[howitzer]]
| 122mm
| Supplied by Russia.<ref name="Transfers" />
|-
| [[G5 howitzer]]<ref name="IISS2023" />
| [[File:G5 Howitzer1.JPG|150x150px]]
| {{SAF}}
| Towed [[howitzer]]
| 155mm
| Supplied by the UAE.<ref name="Transfers" />
|-
| [[Type 63 multiple rocket launcher|Type 63]]<ref name="IISS2023" />
| [[File:Sacred Defense Week parade 2007 in Tehran (03).jpg|150x150px]]
| {{CHN}}<br />{{SDN}}
| Towed [[multiple rocket launcher]]
| 107mm
| Sudanese-made launchers are also used.<ref name="Transfers" />
|-
| [[LRSVM Morava]]
| [[File:Sloboda 2019 - defile 13 - Morava lanser.jpg|150x150px]]
| {{SRB}}
| Self-propelled [[multiple rocket launcher]]
| 107mm<br />122mm
| Supplied by the UAE.<ref name="Transfers" />
|-
| [[BM-21 Grad]]
| [[File:BM-21 Grad (01).jpg|150x150px]]
| {{USSR}}
| Self-propelled [[multiple rocket launcher]]
| 122mm
| <ref name="IISS2023" />
|-
| [[M1989]]
| 
| {{PRK}}<br />{{UAE}}
| Self-propelled [[multiple rocket launcher]]
| 122mm
| 240mm rocket launcher modified to fire 122mm rockets.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mitzer |first1=Stijn |last2=Oliemans |first2=Joost |title=The Mystery MRLs That Fuelled Both Sides Of The Libyan Conflict |url=https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2021/12/the-mystery-mrls-that-fuelled-both.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220921194244/https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2021/12/the-mystery-mrls-that-fuelled-both.html |website=Oryx |access-date=25 December 2023 |archive-date=21 September 2022 |date=14 December 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[Scud-B]]
| [[File:Misil-scud-sobreTEL.jpg|150x150px]]
| {{USSR}}
| [[Tactical ballistic missile]]
|
| <ref name="Parade" />
|-
| [[M106 mortar carrier]] 
| [[File:2022-04-27 120 mm Cardom Mortar Carrier - Front.jpg|150x150px]]
| {{US}}
| [[Mortar carrier]]
| 107mm
| <ref name="IISS2023" />
|-
| [[Boragh]]
| [[File:BoraghAPC2.jpg|150x150px]]
| {{IRN}}
| [[Mortar carrier]]
| 120mm
| Supplied by Sudan.<ref name="Transfers" />
|-
| [[M2 mortar|Type 31]]
| [[File:ROCA Type 31 60mm Mortar Display at ROCMA Ground 20140531.jpg|150x150px]]
| {{CHN}}
| [[Infantry mortar]]
| 60mm
| Supplied by the UAE.<ref name="Transfers" />
|-
| [[82-BM-37]]
| [[File:Saratov Military Glory Museum - 82-BM-37.jpg|150x150px]]
| {{USSR}}
| [[Infantry mortar]]
| 82mm
| Some were supplied by Russia.<ref name="Transfers" />
|-
| [[120-PM-43 mortar]]
| [[File:120 mm regimental mortar M1943.jpg|150x150px]]
| {{USSR}}
| Towed [[Mortar (weapon)|mortar]]
| 120mm
| Some were supplied by Russia.<ref name="Transfers" />
|}

===Air defense===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Name
! Image
! style="width:115px;"| Country of origin
! Type
! Caliber
! Details
|-
| [[S-125]]
| [[File:S-125 (SA-3) Pechora-2BM - Belarusian upgrade 00003.jpg|150x150px]]
| {{USSR}}<br />{{BLR}}
| Short-range [[surface-to-air missile]]
|
| Supplied by the UAE.<ref name="Transfers" />
|-
| [[9K31 Strela-1]]
| [[File:Soviet SA-9 Gaskin.jpg|150x150px]]
| {{USSR}}
| Short-range [[surface-to-air missile]]
| 
| <ref name="Parade" />
|-
| [[2K12 Kub]]
| [[File:KUB MSPO2003 PICT0023.JPG|150x150px]]
| {{USSR}}
| Medium range [[surface-to-air missile]]
| 
| <ref name="IISS2023" />
|-
| [[Pantsir-S1]]
| [[File:Bronnitsy - 01 - Pantsir-S1 SAM.jpg|150x150px]]
| {{RUS}}
| Medium range SAM and [[SPAAG]]
| 30mm
| Supplied by the UAE.<ref name="Transfers" />
|-
| [[9K338 Igla-S]]
| [[File:Igla-Super.jpg|150x150px]]
| {{RUS}}
| [[Man-portable air-defense system]]
| 72mm
| <ref name="IISS2023" />
|-
| [[ZPU-2]]
| [[File:Brega checkpoint - Flickr - Al Jazeera English.jpg|150x150px]]
| {{USSR}}
| [[Anti-aircraft gun]]
| [[14.5×114mm]]
| Mounted on technicals.<ref name="IISS2023" />
|-
| [[ZU-23-2]]
| [[File:ЗУ-23-2 Аксай.jpg|150x150px]]
| {{USSR}}<br />{{POL}}
| [[Anti-aircraft gun]]
| [[23x152mmB]]
| Mounted on technicals.<ref name="IISS2023" /> Some Polish-made guns were supplied by the UAE.<ref name="Transfers" />
|-
| [[ZSU-23-4]]
| [[File:ZSU 23-4 'Shilka' mobile anti-aircraft vehicle - Museum of Army Flying, Hampshire, England.jpg|150x150px]]
| {{USSR}}
| [[Self-propelled anti-aircraft gun]]
| [[23x152mmB]]
| <ref name="IISS2023" />
|-
|}

=== Utility vehicles and trucks ===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Name
! Image
! style="width:115px;"| Country of origin
! Type
! Model
! Details
|-
| [[Toyota Land Cruiser]]
| [[File:Toyota Land Cruiser 16.09.20 JM (3) (cropped).jpg|150x150px]]
| {{JAP}}
| [[Utility vehicle]]
| HZJ-79
| Used as technicals.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Spittaels |first1=Steven |last2=Abou-Khalil |first2=Naji |last3=Bouhou |first3=Kassim |last4=Kartas |first4=Moncef |last5=McFarland |first5=David |last6=Servia |first6=Juan Alberto Pintos |title=Final report of the Panel of Experts on Libya established pursuant to resolution 1973 (2011) (S/2017/466) |date=12 June 2017 |publisher=ReliefWeb |page=44 |url=https://www.refworld.org/pdfid/5b641bee4.pdf |access-date=24 December 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| [[Jeep J8]]
| [[File:Jeep J8 IDET.jpg|150x150px]]
| {{US}}
| [[Military light utility vehicle|Light utility vehicle]]
|
| Supplied by Egypt.<ref name="Transfers" />
|-
| [[Fath Safir]]
| [[File:Safir 1.jpg|150x150px]]
| {{IRN}}
| [[Military light utility vehicle|Light utility vehicle]]
|
| Supplied by Sudan.<ref name="Transfers" />
|-
| [[KAMAZ]]
| [[File:Kamaz 43118 Nora 02.jpg|150x150px]]
| {{RUS}}
| Medium truck
| 6x6
| <ref name="Parade" />
|-
| [[Iveco Trakker]]
| [[File:Bangladesh Army Iveco 380 prime mover (25060917296).jpg|150x150px]]
| {{ITA}}
| Heavy truck (10 tonnes)
| Trakker 380
| <ref name="Tarhuna" />
|-
|}

=== UAVs ===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Name
! Image
! style="width:115px;"| Country of origin
! Type
! Details
|-
| [[CAIG Wing Loong II]]
| [[File:Wing Loong II fron view.jpg|150x150px]]
| {{CHN}}
| [[Attack drone]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Libyan National Army Shoots Down Own Chinese-made Wing Loong Drones|url=https://www.defenseworld.net/news/27060/Libyan_National_Army_Shoots_Down_Own_Chinese_made_Wing_Loong_Drones|access-date=2022-01-15|website=www.defenseworld.net|date=26 May 2020 }}</ref>
|-
| [[Mohajer 2]]
| [[File:Mohajer-2.jpg|150x150px]]
| {{IRN}}
| [[Surveillance drone]]
| Supplied by Sudan.<ref name="Transfers" />
|-
|}

==See also==
{{Commons category|Military of Libya}}
*[[National Liberation Army (Libya)|National Liberation Army]]
{{-}}

==Notes==
{{notelist|1}}

==References==
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<ref name="MEE_LNA_composition">{{cite news | last1= el-Gamaty | first1= Guma | title= Militias and mercenaries: Haftar's army in Libya |trans-title = <!-- trans-title is the English translation --> | date= 7 November 2019 |newspaper= [[Middle East Eye]] | url= https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/militias-and-mercenaries-haftars-army-libya |access-date=9 November 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191109011717/https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/militias-and-mercenaries-haftars-army-libya |archive-date= 9 November 2019 |url-status=live <!-- live|dead|unfit|usurped -->}}</ref>

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<ref name="Dabanga_1000RSF_oil_sites">{{cite news | title= 1,000 Sudanese militiamen arrive in Libya | date= 25 July 2019 |newspaper= [[Radio Dabanga]] | url= https://www.dabangasudan.org/en/all-news/article/1-000-sudanese-militiamen-arrive-in-libya |access-date= 26 July 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190726192708/https://www.dabangasudan.org/en/all-news/article/1-000-sudanese-militiamen-arrive-in-libya |archive-date= 26 July 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>

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<ref name="CNN_Sergewa_abducted">{{cite news | last1= Lister | first1= Tim | last2= Bashir | first2= Nada | title= She's one of the most prominent female politicians in her country. A few days ago she was abducted from her house | date= 20 July 2019 |newspaper= [[CNN]] | url= https://edition.cnn.com/2019/07/20/africa/libya-sergewa-intl/index.html |access-date= 22 July 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190722165132/https://edition.cnn.com/2019/07/20/africa/libya-sergewa-intl/index.html |archive-date= 22 July 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name="Indep_106th_Brigade_Sergiwa">{{cite news | last1= Sengupta | first1= Kim | title= Libyan MP and rights campaigner dragged away by masked gunmen after criticising warlord: 'Don't cross the line of the army' |trans-title = <!-- trans-title is the English translation --> | date= 29 July 2019 |newspaper= [[The Independent]] | url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/libya-mp-seham-sergiwa-masked-gunmen-warlord-army-criticism-a9025891.html |access-date=14 November 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191114212306/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/libya-mp-seham-sergiwa-masked-gunmen-warlord-army-criticism-a9025891.html |archive-date= 14 November 2019 |url-status=live <!-- live|dead|unfit|usurped -->}}</ref>

<ref name="UNSMIL_Sergiwa_20191017">{{cite web | title= Three months after the kidnapping of MP Sergewa, UNSMIL calls for her immediate releases and all victims of enforced disappearance in Libya |trans-title = <!-- trans-title is the English translation --> | website= [[United Nations Support Mission in Libya|UNSMIL]] |date =17 October 2019 | url = https://unsmil.unmissions.org/three-months-after-kidnapping-mp-sergewa-unsmil-calls-her-immediate-releases-and-all-victims | access-date = 8 November 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191108224933/https://unsmil.unmissions.org/three-months-after-kidnapping-mp-sergewa-unsmil-calls-her-immediate-releases-and-all-victims|archive-date= 8 November 2019 |url-status=live <!-- live|dead|unfit|usurped -->}}</ref>

<ref name="UNSC_S_2017_466_E">{{cite web | last1 =Majumdar Roy Choudhury | first1 =Lipika | last2= Abou-Khalil | first2= Naji |last3=Bouhou |first3=Kassim |last4=Kartas |first4=Moncef |last5=McFarland |first5=David |last6=de Alburquerque Bacardit |first6=Luis Antonio | title= Final report of the Panel of Experts on Libya established pursuant to resolution 1973 (2011) |trans-title = <!-- trans-title is the English translation --> | website= [[United Nations Security Council]] |date =1 June 2017 | url = https://www.undocs.org/S/2017/466 |id= S/2017/466 |format =[[PDF]] | access-date = 20 November 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191120014900/https://www.undocs.org/S/2017/466 |archive-date= 20 November 2019 |url-status=live <!-- live|dead|unfit|usurped -->}}</ref>

<ref name="UNSC_S_2018_812_E">{{cite web | last1 =Spittaels | first1 =Steven | last2= Abou-Khalil | first2= Naji |last3=Bouhou |first3=Kassim |last4=Kartas |first4=Moncef |last5=McFarland |first5=David |last6=Pintos Servia |first6=Juan Alberto | title= Final report of the Panel of Experts on Libya established pursuant to resolution 1973 (2011) |trans-title = <!-- trans-title is the English translation --> | website= [[United Nations Security Council]] |date =5 September 2018 | url = https://www.undocs.org/S/2018/812 |id= S/2018/812 |format =[[PDF]] | access-date = 20 November 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191120015119/https://www.undocs.org/S/2018/812 |archive-date= 20 November 2019 |url-status=live <!-- live|dead|unfit|usurped -->}}</ref>

<ref name="AlMarsad_alRahil_106th_brigade">{{cite news |language=ar |title=اللواء رحيل: هناك تنسيق بين الإرهابيين في مدينتي طرابلس ودرنة |trans-title = MAjor General Rahil: There is coordination between the terrorists in the cities of Tripoli and Derna<!-- trans-title is the English translation --> |date=2019-06-03 |newspaper=al-Marsad ({{langx|ar|صحيفة المرصد الليبية}}) |url=https://almarsad.co/2019/06/03/%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%84%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%a1-%d8%b1%d8%ad%d9%8a%d9%84-%d9%87%d9%86%d8%a7%d9%83-%d8%aa%d9%86%d8%b3%d9%8a%d9%82-%d8%a8%d9%8a%d9%86-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a5%d8%b1%d9%87%d8%a7%d8%a8%d9%8a%d9%8a%d9%86/ |access-date= 2020-01-22 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200122213055/https://almarsad.co/2019/06/03/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%B1%D8%AD%D9%8A%D9%84-%D9%87%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%83-%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%82-%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%8A%D9%86/ |archive-date= 2020-01-22 |url-status=live <!-- live|dead|unfit|usurped --> |url-access = <!-- (subscription/registration/limited) default=free -->}}</ref>

<ref name="UNPanelExperts_S_2019_914">{{cite web | last1 = Majumdar Roy Choudhury | first1 = Lipika | last2= de Alburquerque Bacardit | first2= Luis Antonio |last3=Kadlec |first3=Amanda |last4=Kartas |first4=Moncef |last5=Marjane |first5=Yassine |last6=Wilkinson |first6=Adrian | title= Final report of the Panel of Experts on Libya established pursuant to Security Council resolution 1973 (2011) | website= [[United Nations Security Council]] |date = 2019-11-29 | url = https://www.securitycouncilreport.org/atf/cf/{65BFCF9B-6D27-4E9C-8CD3-CF6E4FF96FF9}/S_2019_914.pdf | access-date = 2020-01-28 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200128205126/https://www.securitycouncilreport.org/atf/cf/%7B65BFCF9B-6D27-4E9C-8CD3-CF6E4FF96FF9%7D/S_2019_914.pdf |archive-date= 2020-01-28 |url-status=live <!-- live|dead|unfit|usurped --> |url-access = <!-- (subscription/registration/limited) default=free -->}}</ref>

<ref name="ThisIsAfrica_LAAF">{{cite web | last1 =Herbert | first1 =Matthew | title= Libya's war becomes a tech battleground | website= [[This Is Africa]] |date =2019-10-08 | url = https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/libyas-war-becomes-a-tech-battleground/ | access-date = 2020-02-11 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200211220036/https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/libyas-war-becomes-a-tech-battleground/ |archive-date= 2020-02-11 |url-status=live <!-- live|dead|unfit|usurped --> |url-access = <!-- (subscription/registration/limited) default=free -->}}</ref>

<ref name="WashPost_LAAF">{{cite news | last1= Eaton | first1= Tim | title= Russia and Turkey failed to mediate peace in Libya. What happens now?  | date= 2020-01-15 |newspaper= [[The Washington Post]] | url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/01/15/russia-turkey-failed-mediate-peace-libya-what-happens-now/ |access-date=2020-02-11 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20200211215255/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/01/15/russia-turkey-failed-mediate-peace-libya-what-happens-now/ |archive-date= 2020-02-11 |url-status=live <!-- live|dead|unfit|usurped --> |url-access = <!-- (subscription/registration/limited) default=free -->}}</ref>

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