Islamic State – Libya Province

Libyan Provinces
Libyan Provinces
Leaders	Abu Nabil al-Anbari † (2014–2015); Abdul Qader al-Najdi † (2015–2020); Hashem Abdul-Jawad Abu Sedra (2020–2024)
Dates of operation	13 November 2014 – present
Headquarters	Derna; (2014–18); Sirte; (2015–16); Benghazi; (2014–17); Sabha; (2014–19);
Active regions	Libya
Ideology	Islamic Statism
Status	Active
Size	50 (2022); 3,000–4,000 (2018); 500 (in 2017); 5,000–10,000 (in 2016)
Part of	Islamic State
Opponents	see list Libyan Parliament Libyan National Army; New General National Congress (2014–16) Libya Shield Force; Shura Council of Mujahideen in Derna (2014–18) Abu Salim Martyrs Brigade (2014–15); Australia; Egypt; United States; Tunisia ;
Wars	the Second Libyan Civil War

The Islamic State – Libya Province (Arabic: ولاية ليبيا, romanized: Wilayah Libya) 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. From 2022, the Libyan affiliates of IS stopped carrying out major attacks, though some minor cells remained active as of 2025.