House of Representatives and allies Gaddafi loyalists 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)[1][2] Libyan National Army[3][4] Libyan Ground Forces Benghazi Security Directorate Tajoura Battalion Libyan Air Force (parts)[5] Tripoli Brigade Al-Saiqa JEM[6] (from 2016) Allied armed groups: Mercenaries (allegedly)[7] National Forces Alliance Russian private military contractors[8] Egypt[9][10] (limited involvement) Egyptian Army[11] Egyptian Air Force United Arab Emirates[9] (limited involvement) Union Defence Force Supported by: France[12][13][14] Special Operations Command DGSE[15] Russia[16][17][18][19] Spetsnaz GRU[20] Saudi Arabia[21] Chad[22] Belarus[23] United States (until 2016)[13][24][25][26] Algeria (until 2018)[27] United Kingdom (until 2016)[13][28] Jordan (until 2016)[29] Gaddafi loyalists[30] Brigade 93 Green Resistance Warshefana militias[31][32] Popular Front for the Liberation of Libya Government of National Accord (since 2016) Presidential Guard[33] Misrata Brigades[34] Petroleum Facilities Guard[35][36] Libyan Navy[37] Abu Sleem Central Security Force[38][39] Allied armed groups: Tuareg militias[40] Toubou militias[41] Zintan Brigades[31] Lightning Bolt Brigade Qaaqaa Brigade Civic Brigade*Fajr Libya militia Misrata Military Council Ministry of Interior Al-Bunyan al-Marsous Federal Cyrenaica Mercenaries (allegedly)[7] Sabratha Military Council/Sabratha Revolutionary Brigades[42] United States (since 1 Aug. 2016) U.S. Air Force[43] U.S. Marine Corps[44][45] United Kingdom Supported by: United States[46] Italy[47] Italian Marines Elements of the San Marco Marine Brigade[48] France (until 2019) United Nations[46] European Union[49] Qatar[50] Turkey[19][50] Sudan[51] Algeria[19] National Salvation Government (Tripoli-based)[52] Libya Shield Force[53] Western Shield Central Shield LROR[53] Libyan Air Force (parts)[5] Presidential Guard National Guard[54][55][56] Allied armed groups: Fajr Libya militia Muslim Brotherhood Justice and Construction Party Awakening (unclear) Brigade al-Marsah Brigade Sherikhan Union for Homeland[57] Misrata Brigades[58] Tripoli Revolutionary Brigade[59] Democratic Party[60] Mercenaries (allegedly)[61] Amazigh militias[62] Supported by: Sudan (2014-16)[63] Qatar (2014-16)[9] Turkey (2014-16)[9] Ukraine[64] Iran[65] High Council of Revolution (from December 2016) Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (from 2014)[66] Military of ISIL Wilayat Barqa[67][68] Wilayat Tripolitania[69] Wilayat Fezzan[69] Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries[70][71] 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[72] Brega Martyrs Brigade[73] Shura Council of Mujahideen in Derna (2014–19) Ansar al-Sharia (Derna) (2014–19) Abu Salim Martyrs (2014–15) Benghazi Defense Brigades[74][75] Ajdabiya Revolutionaries Shura Council (2015–16)[76] Allied armed groups: Misrata Brigades LROR Ansar al-Sharia (Tunisia) Al-Qaeda[77] Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (2014–15;[78][79] alleged since[80])