- The Libyan civil war or the 2011 Libyan revolution, also known as the First Libyan Civil War was an armed conflict in 2011 in the North African country of Libya that was fought between forces loyal to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi and rebel groups that were seeking to oust his government.Date: 15 February – 23 October 2011, (8 months, 1 week and 1 day)Location: Libyaen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libyan_civil_war_(2011)
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The Libyan civil war (2014–2020), also more commonly known as the Second Libyan Civil War, was a multilateral civil war which was fought in Libya between a number of armed groups, but mainly the House of Representatives (HoR) and the Government of National Accord, for six years from 2014 to … See more
At the beginning of 2014, Libya was governed by the General National Congress (GNC), which won the popular vote in 2012 elections. The GNC was made of two major political groups, the National Forces … See more
During the first half of 2015, the United Nations facilitated a series of negotiations seeking to bring together the rival governments and warring militias of Libya. A meeting between … See more
Pro-GNC
The pro-GNC forces were a coalition of different militias with different ideologies although most of them are Islamist influenced … See moreAs of February 2015, damage and disorder from the war has been considerable. There are frequent electric outages, little business activity, and a loss in revenues from oil by 90%. Over 5,700 people died from the fighting by the end of 2016, and some … See more
Domestic reactions
Khalifa Haftar and his supporters describe Operation Dignity as a "correction to the path of See moreWikipedia text under CC-BY-SA license WEBSep 19, 2023 · Read about Libya’s civil war and struggle to restore state institutions since the ouster of Colonel Muammar al-Qaddafi. Track the latest developments on CFR’s Global Conflict Tracker.
WEBLibya Revolt of 2011, popular uprising in Libya inspired by the Arab Spring revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia. The regime of Muammar al-Qaddafi, …