Den 5. oktober 2014 blev shurarådet for islamisk ungdom og andre militante i Libyen absorberede og overdragne ISILs Cyrenaica-provins.<ref name="spiegel.de" /><ref name="ISIS comes to Libya">{{cite news|title=ISIS comes to Libya|url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/18/world/isis-libya/index.html|access-date=20. november 2014|publisher=CNN|date=18. november 2014|archive-date= 4. november 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171104055154/http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/18/world/isis-libya/index.html|url-status=live}} {{en sprog}}</ref> Den libyske gren af ISIL har været den mest aktive og succesfulde af alle ISIL's afdelinger uden for Irak og Syrien. Den har været aktiv primært omkring Derna og Gaddafis hjemby [[Sirte]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/21/us-libya-security-insight-idUSKBN0O610M20150521|title=Gaddafi's home town falls to Islamic State in anarchic Libya|author=Ulf Laessing|date=21. maj 2015|work=Reuters|access-date=17. august 2015|archive-date=20. september 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150920221459/http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/21/us-libya-security-insight-idUSKBN0O610M20150521|url-status=dead}} {{en sprog}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/in-libyas-civil-war-the-islamic-state-shows-itself-as-the-main-threat/2015/06/06/65766592-0879-11e5-951e-8e15090d64ae_story.html|title=Libyan gains may offer ISIS a base for new attacks|author=Hassan Morajea|date=6. juni 2015|work=The Washington Post|access-date=10. juni 2015|archive-date= 6. januar 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106034716/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/in-libyas-civil-war-the-islamic-state-shows-itself-as-the-main-threat/2015/06/06/65766592-0879-11e5-951e-8e15090d64ae_story.html|url-status=live}} {{en sprog}}</ref>
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