Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Libya
| Barqa Province | |
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Wilayah Barqa Participant in the Second Libyan Civil War |
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The Black Standard of ISIL.
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| Active | 13 November 2014 - Present |
| Ideology |
Salafist Islamism Salafist Jihadism |
| Leaders |
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (Leader of ISIL) Abu Nabil al Anbari (Nom de guerre Abul Mughirah al Qahtani) † Abdel Qader al-Najdi |
| Headquarters | |
| Area of operations | Libya |
| Strength | 5,000-6,500 or 10,000 |
| Part of |
 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
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| Opponents |
 Egypt
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Shura Council of Mujahideen in Derna
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant - Libya Province is a branch of the militant Islamist group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), active in Libya. The branch was formed on 13 November 2014, following pledges of allegiance to ISIL leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi by militants in Libya. Al-Baghdadi announced the creation of three branches in Libya: Cyrenaica in the east, Fezzan in the desert south, and Tripolitania (or Tarabulus) in the west.
Following the 2011 Libyan Civil War, which resulted in the ousting of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi and his government, many rebel fighters went to Syria to fight alongside militant groups who were fighting Bashar al-Assad and his loyalists in the Syrian Civil War. In 2012, one group of Libyans fighting in Syria declared the establishment of the Battar Brigade. The Battar Brigade would later pledge loyalty to ISIL, and fight for it in both Syria and Iraq.
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