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	{{History of Libya}}
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			This is a '''list of ]s involving the ]''' and its predecessor states.

			== Ottoman Tripolitania (1551-1911) ==
	{\| class="wikitable"		{\| class="wikitable"
			! rowspan="1" width="190px" \|Conflict
			! rowspan="1" width="180px" \|Combatant 1
			! rowspan="1" width="180px" \|Combatant 2
			! rowspan="1" width="260px" \|Results
	\|-		\|-
	! style="background:#~~008833~~" ~~rowspan="1"~~ ~~width=170px~~\| ~~<span style="color: white">Conflict</span>~~		\|style="background:#efefef"\|]
			(1645-1699)
	! style="background:#008833" rowspan="1" width=180px\| <span style="color: white">Combatant 1</span>
			\|style="background:#efefef"\|{{flag\|Ottoman Empire\|red}}
	! style="background:#008833" rowspan="1" width=180px\| <span style="color: white">Combatant 2</span>

	! style="background:#008833" rowspan="1" width=260px\| <span style="color: white">Results</span>
			* {{Flagicon\|Ottoman Tripolitania}} ]
			* {{flagicon\|Regency of Algiers}} ]
			* ] ]
			\|style="background:#efefef"\|{{flagcountry\|Republic of Venice\|wartime}}
			{{flagdeco\|SMOM}} ]

			{{flag\|Papal States\|old}}

			{{flagcountry\|Kingdom of France}}

			{{flagicon image\|Greek_Revolution_flag.svg}} ]
			\|style="background:#D0FFD0"\|'''Ottoman Victory'''
			* Crete conquered by the Ottoman Empire
	\|-		\|-
	\|style="background:#efefef"\| ]<br />(~~1977~~)		\|style="background:#efefef"\| ]
			\|style="background:#efefef"\|{{Flagicon\|Ottoman Tripolitania}} ]
	\|style="background:#efefef"\| ] ]
			] ]
	\|style="background:#efefef"\| {{Flagicon\|Egypt\|1972\|size=22px}} ]
	\|style="background:#efefef"\| ~~'''Defeat'''~~		\|style="background:#efefef" \|{{flagcountry\|Kingdom of France}}
			\|style="background:#FFD0D0"\|'''Defeat'''
	*Libyan attack on ] repelled.
	\|-		\|-
	\|style="background:#efefef"\| ]<br />(~~1978–1979~~)		\|style="background:#efefef"\| ]
			\|style="background:#efefef"\|{{Flagicon\|Ottoman Tripolitania}} ]
	\|style="background:#efefef"\| {{flagicon\|Uganda\|size=22px}} ] <br>{{Flagicon\|Libyan Arab Jamahiriya\|1977\|size=22px}} ]<br/>{{flagicon\|Palestine\|size=22px}} ]
			] ]
	\|style="background:#efefef"\| {{flag\|Tanzania\|size=22px}}<br>{{flagicon\|Uganda\|size=22px}} ]<br/>{{flagicon\|Mozambique\|1975\|size=22px}} ]

	\|style="background:#efefef"\| '''Defeat'''
			] ]
	*Overthrow of ] in Uganda.
			\|style="background:#efefef" \| {{flagicon image\|Flag of Algiers.jpg}} ]
			\|style="background:#FFD0D0"\|'''Defeat'''
	\|-		\|-
	\|style="background:#efefef"\| ]<br />(~~1978–1987~~)		\|style="background:#efefef"\|]
			\|style="background:#efefef"\|{{Flagicon\|Ottoman Tripolitania}} ]
	\|style="background:#efefef"\| {{Flagicon\|Libyan Arab Jamahiriya\|1977\|size=22px}} ]<br />{{flagicon\|Chad\|size=22px}} ]<br>{{flagicon\|Chad\|size=22px}} ]
			\|style="background:#efefef"\|] ]
	\|style="background:#efefef"\| {{flagicon\|Chad\|size=22px}} ]<br>{{flagicon\|Chad\|size=22px}} ]<br>{{flagicon\|Chad\|size=22px}} ]<br>{{flag\|France\|size=22px}}<br>{{flag\|Zaire\|size=22px}}
	\|style="background:#~~efefef~~"\| '''~~Defeat~~'''		\|style="background:#D0FFD0"\|'''Tripolitanian Victory'''
	*] pushed out of Chad.
	*Chad gained control of the ].
	\|-		\|-
	\|style="background:#efefef"\| ]~~<br/>(1986)~~		\|style="background:#efefef"\|]
			(1790–1795)
	\|style="background:#efefef"\| {{Flagicon\|Libyan Arab Jamahiriya\|1977\|size=22px}} ]
	\|style="background:#efefef"\| ] ]		\|style="background:#efefef"\|{{flagicon image\|Flag of Tripoli 18th century.svg}} ]
	\|style="background:#efefef"\| ~~'''Both~~ ~~sides~~ ~~claim~~ ~~victory'''~~		\|style="background:#efefef"\|{{flagicon image\|Flag of the Ottoman Empire (eight pointed star).svg}} ]
			\|style="background:#D0FFD0"\|'''Karamanli Victory'''
	*Targets damaged, but ] survived.
	\|-		\|-
	\|style="background:#efefef"\| ]~~<br />(2011)~~		\|style="background:#efefef"\|]
	\|style="background:#efefef"\| {{~~Flagicon~~\|~~Libyan~~ ~~Arab~~ ~~Jamahiriya\|1977\|size=22px~~}} ]		\|style="background:#efefef"\|{{flagicon image\|Flag of Tripoli 18th century.svg}} ]
	\|style="background:#efefef"\| ~~{{flagicon\|Libya\|1951\|size=22px}}~~ ]~~<br~~ ~~/>{{Flag\|NATO\|size=22px}}~~		\|style="background:#efefef"\|] ]
			\|style="background:#D0FFD0"\|'''Victory'''
	*{{Flag\|France\|size=22px}}
	*{{Flag\|United Kingdom\|size=22px}}
	*] ]
	*{{Flag\|Belgium\|size=22px}}
	*{{Flag\|Canada\|size=22px}}
	*{{Flag\|Denmark\|size=22px}}
	*{{Flag\|Netherlands\|size=22px}}
	*{{Flag\|Norway\|size=22px}}
	*{{Flag\|Spain\|size=22px}}
	*{{Flag\|Turkey\|size=22px}}
	{{Flag\|Jordan\|size=22px}}<br />{{Flag\|Qatar\|size=22px}}<br />{{Flag\|Sweden\|size=22px}}<br />{{Flag\|UAE\|size=22px}}
	\|style="background:#efefef"\| '''Regime change'''
	*] was ].
	*The ] assumed interim control of Libya.
	*102 countries, ], ], ] and ] ] the National Transitional Council as the sole governing authority for Libya.
	*].
	\|-		\|-
	\|style="background:#efefef"\| ]~~<br />(2014–)~~		\|style="background:#efefef"\|]
			(1801–1805)
	\|style="background:#efefef"\| {{Flagicon\|Libya\|size=22px}} ]<br />{{Flag\|Egypt\|size=22px}}<br/>{{Flag\|UAE\|size=22px}}
			\|style="background:#efefef"\|{{flagicon image\|Flag of Tripoli 18th century.svg}} ]
	\|style="background:#efefef"\| {{Flagicon\|Libya\|size=22px}} ]<hr/>{{flagicon image\|Flag of Jihad.svg\|size=22px}} ]<br/>{{flagicon image\|Flag of Jihad.svg\|size=22px}} ]<hr />{{Flagicon\|Islamic State\|size=22px}} ]
	\|style="background:#efefef"\| ~~'''Ongoing'''~~		\|style="background:#efefef"\|{{flagicon\|United States\|1795}} ]
			{{flagicon\|Sweden\|naval}} ] {{flagicon image\|Flag of the Kingdom of Sicily (simplified).svg}} ]
	*Islamists suffered landslide electoral defeat.
			\|style="background:#D0FFD0"\|'''Peace treaty'''
			* The United States paying ransom
			* Tripolitania ships allowed to inspect American ships
			* Freeing prisoners of American ships
			\|-
			\|style="background:#efefef"\|]
			\|style="background:#efefef"\|{{flagicon image\|Flag of Tripoli 18th century.svg}} ]
			\|style="background:#efefef"\|{{flagcountry\|Kingdom of Sardinia}}
			\|style="background:#FFD0D0"\| '''Defeat'''
			\|-
			\|style="background:#efefef"\|]
			\|style="background:#efefef"\|{{flagicon image\|Flag of Tripoli 18th century.svg}} ]
			\|style="background:#efefef"\|] ]
			\|style="background:#D0FFD0"\|'''Victory'''
			\|-
			\|style="background:#efefef"\|]
			\|style="background:#efefef" \| {{flagicon image\|Flag of Tripoli 18th century.svg}} ]
			\|style="background:#efefef" \| {{flagicon\|Kingdom of Italy}} ]
			\|style="background:#FFD0D0"\| '''defeat'''
			\|-
			\|]
			(1911)
			\|{{flagicon image\|Flag of Cyrenaica.svg\|size=22px}} ]
			{{flag\|Ottoman Empire}}
			\|{{flagcountry\|Kingdom of Italy\|size=22px}}
			\|'''Defeat'''
			* ]
			\|}
			== Colonial period (1911-1951) ==
			{\| class="wikitable"
			! rowspan="1" \|Conflict
			! rowspan="1" \|Combatant 1
			! rowspan="1" \|Combatant 2
			! rowspan="1" \|Results
			\|-
			\|style="background:#efefef"\|]
			(1911–1917)
			\|style="background:#efefef"\|{{flagicon image\|Flag of Cyrenaica.svg\|size=22px}} ]
			\|style="background:#efefef"\|{{flagcountry\|Kingdom of Italy\|size=22px}}
			{{flag\|United Kingdom\|size=22px}}
			\|style="background:#FFD0D0"\|'''Defeat'''
			* Libyan resistance put down
			\|-
			\|style="background:#efefef"\|]
			(1923–1932)
			\|style="background:#efefef"\|{{flagicon image\|Flag of Cyrenaica.svg\|size=22px}} ]
			\|style="background:#efefef"\|{{flagcountry\|Kingdom of Italy\|size=22px}}
			\|style="background:#FFD0D0"\|'''Defeat'''
			* Stabilization of Italian rule in Libya
			\|-
			\|style="background:#efefef"\|]
			(1940–1943)
			\|style="background:#efefef"\|{{flag\|United Kingdom}}
			* {{flagicon\|Cyrenaica}} ]<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Rennell of Rodd \|first=Francis James Rennell Rodd \|title=British military administration of occupied territories in Africa during the years 1941 - 1947 \|date=1970 \|publisher=Greenwood Press \|isbn=978-0-8371-4319-4 \|edition=Reprint London 1948 \|location=Westport, Conn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book \|last1=ياغي \|first1=إسماعيل أحمد \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I-1FDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT71 \|title=تاريخ العالم الإسلامي الحديث والمعاصر : قارة إفريقية : الجزء الثاني: 1492-1980 \|last2=شاكر \|first2=محمود \|date=2008-10-01 \|publisher=العبيكان للنشر \|language=ar}}</ref>
			* {{flagcountry\|British Raj}}
			* {{flagcountry\|Kingdom of Egypt}}
			* {{flag\|Canada\|1921}}
			* {{flag\|Australia}}
			* {{flagcountry\|Dominion of New Zealand}}
			* {{flagcountry\|Union of South Africa}}
			\|style="background:#efefef"\|{{flagcountry\|Fascist Italy (1922–1943)}}

			* {{flagdeco\|Italian Libya}} ]

			{{flagcountry\|Nazi Germany}}
			\|style="background:#D0FFD0"\|'''Allied Victory'''
			\|}

			== Libyan Kingdom (1951-1969) ==
			{\| class="wikitable"
			! rowspan="1" width="190px" \|Conflict
			! rowspan="1" width="180px" \|Combatant 1
			! rowspan="1" width="180px" \|Combatant 2
			! rowspan="1" width="260px" \|Results
			\|-
			\| style="background:#efefef" \|]
			\| style="background:#efefef" \|{{Flag\|Libya}}<br>{{Flagicon\|Algeria}} ]
			\| style="background:#efefef" \|{{Flag\|France}}
			\| style="background:#D0FFD0" \|'''Victory'''
			\|}
			== Libyan Arab Republic (1969-1977) ==
			{\| class="wikitable"
			! rowspan="1" \|Conflict
			! rowspan="1" \|Combatant 1
			! rowspan="1" \|Combatant 2
			! rowspan="1" \|Results
			\|-
			\|style="background:#efefef"\|]
			\|style="background:#efefef"\|{{flagicon image\|Flag of Libya (1969–1972).svg}} ]
			\|style="background:#efefef"\|{{flagicon image\|Flag of Libya (1951).svg}} ]

			* {{flagicon image\|Flag of Cyrenaica.svg}} ] (CYDEF)
			\|style="background:#E0D0FF"\|'''Regime Change'''
			\|-
			\|style="background:#efefef"\|]
			(1970)
			\|style="background:#efefef"\|{{flag\|Sudan\|1956\|size=22px}}
			{{flag\|Libya\|1969\|size=22px}}
			\|style="background:#efefef"\|{{flagicon image\|Flag of the Azania Liberation Front.svg\|size=22px}} ]
			{{flagicon image\|Sn anyaanya1.PNG\|size=22px}} ]
			\|style="background:#E0D0FF"\| '''Stalemate'''
			* ]
			\|-
			\|style="background:#efefef"\|]
			(1972)<ref>Ruzindana, Augustine. "." Daily Monitor. September 14, 2014. Accessed December 31, 2015.</ref>
			\|style="background:#efefef"\|{{Country\|Uganda\|size=22px}}
			{{Country\|Libya\|1972\|size=22px}}
			\|style="background:#efefef"\|{{flagicon\|Uganda\|size=22px}} ]
			\|style="background:#D0FFD0"\|'''Victory'''
			* Invasion by Obote loyalists repelled
			\|-
			\|style="background:#efefef"\|]
			(1976)
			\|style="background:#efefef"\|{{flagicon\|Arab League\|size=22px}} ]
			* {{flag\|Syrian Arab Republic\|1980\|size=22px}}
			* {{flag\|Saudi Arabia\|size=22px}}
			* {{flag\|Sudan\|size=22px}}
			* {{flag\|United Arab Emirates\|size=22px}}
			* {{flag\|Libya\|1972\|size=22px}}
			* {{flag\|South Yemen\|size=22px}}
			\|style="background:#efefef"\|{{flagicon image\|Flag of Lebanon.svg\|size=22px}} ]
			\|style="background:#E0D0FF"\| '''Withdrawal'''
			* Libyan forces essentially abandoned<ref name="Palestine: Palestinians and the civil war in Lebanon2">{{cite book \|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/31428/Arab-Deterrent-Force \|title=Encyclopædia Britannica \|publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.}}</ref>
			* Eventual termination of ADF mandate
			\|}

			== Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (1977-2011) ==
			{\| class="wikitable"
			! rowspan="1" \|Conflict
			! rowspan="1" \|Combatant 1
			! rowspan="1" \|Combatant 2
			! rowspan="1" \|Results
			\|-
			\|style="background:#efefef"\|]
			(1977)
			\|style="background:#efefef"\|{{Flagicon\|Libyan Arab Jamahiriya\|1977\|size=22px}} ]
			\|style="background:#efefef"\|{{Flagicon\|Egypt\|1972\|size=22px}} ]
			\|style="background:#E0D0FF"\| '''Ceasefire'''
			\|-
			\|style="background:#efefef"\|]
			(1978–1979)
			\|style="background:#efefef"\|{{flagicon\|Uganda\|size=22px}} ]
			{{Flagicon\|Libyan Arab Jamahiriya\|1977\|size=22px}} ]
			\|style="background:#efefef"\|{{flag\|Tanzania\|size=22px}}
			* {{flagicon\|Uganda\|size=22px}} ]

			* {{flagicon\|Mozambique\|1975\|size=22px}} ]
			\|style="background:#FFD0D0"\|'''Defeat'''
			* Overthrow of ] in Uganda
			\|-
			\|style="background:#efefef"\|]
			(1978–1987)
			\|style="background:#efefef"\|{{flagicon\|Libyan Arab Jamahiriya\|1977\|size=22px}} ]
			* {{flagicon\|Chad\|size=22px}} ]{{flagicon\|Chad\|size=22px}} ]
			\|style="background:#efefef"\|{{flagicon\|Chad\|size=22px}} ]
			* {{flagicon\|Chad\|size=22px}} ]

			* {{flagicon\|Chad\|size=22px}} ]

			* {{flag\|France\|size=22px}}

			* {{flag\|Zaire\|size=22px}}
			\|style="background:#FFD0D0"\|'''Defeat'''
			* ] pushed out of Chad
			* Chad gained control of the ]
			\|-
			\|style="background:#efefef"\|]
			(1986)
			\|style="background:#efefef"\|{{flagicon\|Libyan Arab Jamahiriya\|1977\|size=22px}} ]
			\|style="background:#efefef"\|{{flag\|United States\|size=22px}}
			\|style="background:#E0D0FF"\| '''Both sides claimed victory'''<ref>Martel, William C. ''Victory in War: Foundations of Modern Military Policy'', p. 162. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011.</ref>

			* Ground targets destroyed
			* Failed Libyan ] response
			* Survival of the Libyan leader ]
			* 188 Libyan rockets strike the island of ] in retaliation
			\|-
			\|style="background:#efefef"\|]
			(1986–1988)
			\|style="background:#efefef"\|{{flag\|Sudan\|size=22px}}
			* {{flagicon\|Sudan\|size=22px}}]
			* ] ]
			* ] ]
			* ] ]
			* ] ]
			* {{flag\|Libyan Arab Jamahiriya\|name=Libya\|size=22px}}
			\|style="background:#efefef"\|{{flagicon\|South Sudan\|size=22px}} ]
			* {{Flagicon\|South Sudan\|size=22px}} ]

			* ] ]

			{{flagicon image\|Sn anyaanya1.PNG\|size=22px}} ]

			] ]
			\|style="background:#E0D0FF"\| '''Stalemate'''
			* Libyan withdrawal in 1988
			* ] and independence of the ]
			\|-
			\|style="background:#efefef"\|]
			(2008)
			\|style="background:#efefef"\|{{Flagdeco\|Libyan Arab Jamahiriya\|1977}} ]
			\|style="background:#efefef"\|] ]
			\|style="background:#D0FFD0"\|'''Victory'''
			\|}

			== State of Libya (2011-present) ==
			{\| class="wikitable"
			! rowspan="1" \|Conflict
			! rowspan="1" \|Combatant 1
			! rowspan="1" \|Combatant 2
			! rowspan="1" \|Results
			\|-
			\|style="background:#efefef"\|]
			(2011)
			\|style="background:#efefef"\|{{Flagicon\|Libyan Arab Jamahiriya\|1977\|size=22px}} ]
			\|style="background:#efefef"\|{{flagicon\|Libya\|1951\|size=22px}} ]
			{{Flag\|NATO\|size=22px}}

			* {{Flag\|France\|size=22px}}
			* {{Flag\|United Kingdom\|size=22px}}
			* {{Flag\|United States\|size=22px}}
			* {{Flag\|Belgium\|size=22px}}
			* {{Flag\|Canada\|size=22px}}
			* {{Flag\|Denmark\|size=22px}}
			* {{Flag\|Netherlands\|size=22px}}
			* {{Flag\|Norway\|size=22px}}
			* {{Flag\|Spain\|size=22px}}
			* {{Flag\|Turkey\|size=22px}}
			* {{Flag\|Jordan\|size=22px}}
			* {{Flag\|Qatar\|size=22px}}
			* {{Flag\|Sweden\|size=22px}}
			* {{Flag\|United Arab Emirates\|size=22px}}
			\|style="background:#E0D0FF"\| '''Regime change'''
			* ] ]
			* ] assumes interim control of Libya
			* ]
			\|-
			\|style="background:#efefef"\|]
			(2014–2020)
			\|style="background:#efefef"\|{{Flagicon\|Libya\|size=22px}} ]
			* {{Flag\|Russia}}
			* ] ]

			* {{Flag\|United States\|size=22px}}
			* {{Flag\|United Kingdom\|size=22px}}
			* {{Flag\|Egypt\|size=22px}}
			* {{Flag\|United Arab Emirates\|size=22px}}

			*
			\|style="background:#efefef"\|{{Flagicon\|Libya\|size=22px}} ]
			* {{Flag\|Turkey}}
			* {{Flag\|Qatar}}

			* ] ]
			* ] ]
			\|style="background:#E0D0FF"\| '''Ceasefire'''
			* ] formed in 2021
			* Islamic State presence minimized
			* LNA failed to capture Tripoli
	\|}		\|}

	==See also==		==See also==
	* ]		* ]

	<references/>
			==References==
			{{Reflist}}

	==External links==		==External links==
	* .		* .

	{{Africa topic\|List of wars involving\|title=Lists of wars involving African countries}}		{{Africa topic\|List of wars involving\|title=Lists of wars involving African countries}}

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This is a list of wars involving the State of Libya and its predecessor states.

Ottoman Tripolitania (1551-1911)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results
Cretan War (1645-1699)	Ottoman Empire Tripolitania Regency of Algiers Tunis	Venice Knights of Malta Papal States France Greek revolutionaries	Ottoman Victory Crete conquered by the Ottoman Empire
French-Tripolitania War (1681-1685)	Tripolitania Tunisia	France	Defeat
Maghrebi war (1699–1702)	Tripolitania Tunisia Sultanate of Morocco	Deylik of Algiers	Defeat
Siege of Tripoli (1705)	Tripolitania	Tunisia	Tripolitanian Victory
Tripolitanian civil war (1790–1795)	Karamanli Tripolitania	Ottoman Tripolitania	Karamanli Victory
Action of 16 May 1797	Tripolitania	Denmark-Norway	Victory
First Barbary War (1801–1805)	Tripolitania	United States Sweden Sicily	Peace treaty The United States paying ransom Tripolitania ships allowed to inspect American ships Freeing prisoners of American ships
Battle of Tripoli (1825)	Tripolitania	Sardinia	Defeat
Bombardment of Tripoli (1828)	Tripolitania	Kingdom of the Two Sicilies	Victory
Italo-Turkish War (1911-1912)	tripolitania	italy	defeat
Italian invasion of Libya (1911)	Senusiyya Ottoman Empire	Italy	Defeat Italian annexation of Libya

Colonial period (1911-1951)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results
First Italo-Senussi War (1911–1917)	Senussi	Italy United Kingdom	Defeat Libyan resistance put down
Second Italo-Senussi War (1923–1932)	Senussi	Italy	Defeat Stabilization of Italian rule in Libya
North African Campaign (1940–1943)	United Kingdom Libyan Arab Force India Egypt Canada Australia New Zealand South Africa	Italy Italian Libya Germany	Allied Victory

Conflict

Combatant 1

Combatant 2

Results

First Italo-Senussi War

(1911–1917)

Senussi

Italy

United Kingdom

Defeat

Libyan resistance put down

Second Italo-Senussi War

(1923–1932)

Senussi

Italy

Defeat

Stabilization of Italian rule in Libya

North African Campaign

(1940–1943)

United Kingdom

Italy

Italian Libya

Germany

Allied Victory

Libyan Kingdom (1951-1969)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results
Battle of Essien (1957)	Libya FLN	France	Victory

Libyan Arab Republic (1969-1977)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results
1969 Libyan revolution	Free Officers Movement	Kingdom of Libya Cyrenaican Defence Force (CYDEF)	Regime Change
First Sudanese Civil War (1970)	Sudan Libya	ALF Anyanya	Stalemate Addis Ababa Agreement
Invasion of Uganda (1972)	Uganda Libya	FRONASA	Victory Invasion by Obote loyalists repelled
Lebanese Civil War (1976)	ADF Syrian Arab Republic Saudi Arabia Sudan United Arab Emirates Libya South Yemen	LF	Withdrawal Libyan forces essentially abandoned Eventual termination of ADF mandate

Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (1977-2011)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results
Egyptian–Libyan War (1977)	Libya	Egypt	Ceasefire
Uganda–Tanzania War (1978–1979)	Uganda Libya	Tanzania UNLA Mozambique	Defeat Overthrow of Idi Amin in Uganda
Chadian–Libyan conflict (1978–1987)	Libya FROLINAT GUNT	FAT FAN FANT France Zaire	Defeat Islamic Legion pushed out of Chad Chad gained control of the Aouzou Strip
United States bombing of Libya (1986)	Libya	United States	Both sides claimed victory Ground targets destroyed Failed Libyan Scud missile response Survival of the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi 188 Libyan rockets strike the island of Lampedusa in retaliation
Second Sudanese Civil War (1986–1988)	Sudan Janjawed SSDF Nuer White Army SPLA-Nasir LRA Libya	SPLA SPDF SSLM Anyanya II Eastern Front	Stalemate Libyan withdrawal in 1988 2011 referendum and independence of the Republic of South Sudan
2008 Kufra conflict (2008)	Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	Toubou Front for the Salvation of Libya	Victory

State of Libya (2011-present)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results
First Libyan Civil War (2011)	Libyan Government	NTC NATO France United Kingdom United States Belgium Canada Denmark Netherlands Norway Spain Turkey Jordan Qatar Sweden United Arab Emirates	Regime change Muammar Gaddafi killed NTC assumes interim control of Libya Post-civil war violence in Libya
Second Libyan Civil War (2014–2020)	HoR Russia Gaddafi loyalists United States United Kingdom Egypt United Arab Emirates	GNA Turkey Qatar Tuareg militias Toubou Front	Ceasefire Government of National Unity formed in 2021 Islamic State presence minimized LNA failed to capture Tripoli

Conflict

Combatant 1

Combatant 2

Results

First Libyan Civil War

(2011)

Libyan Government

NTC

NATO

Regime change

Muammar Gaddafi killed
NTC assumes interim control of Libya
Post-civil war violence in Libya

Second Libyan Civil War

(2014–2020)

HoR

GNA

Turkey
Qatar

Ceasefire

Government of National Unity formed in 2021
Islamic State presence minimized
LNA failed to capture Tripoli

References

Rennell of Rodd, Francis James Rennell Rodd (1970). British military administration of occupied territories in Africa during the years 1941 - 1947 (Reprint London 1948 ed.). Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-8371-4319-4.
ياغي, إسماعيل أحمد; شاكر, محمود (2008-10-01). تاريخ العالم الإسلامي الحديث والمعاصر : قارة إفريقية : الجزء الثاني: 1492-1980 (in Arabic). العبيكان للنشر.
Ruzindana, Augustine. "Remembering the Aborted 1972 Invasion by Ugandan Exiles." Daily Monitor. September 14, 2014. Accessed December 31, 2015.
Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Martel, William C. Victory in War: Foundations of Modern Military Policy, p. 162. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011.

External links

"Qaddafi Plays Quietly, But He's Still in the Game," The New York Times, March 17, 1991.

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States with limited recognition	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland
Dependencies and other territories	Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla (Spain) Madeira (Portugal) Mayotte / Réunion (France) Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)

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Ottoman Tripolitania (1551-1911)

Colonial period (1911-1951)

Libyan Kingdom (1951-1969)

Libyan Arab Republic (1969-1977)

Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (1977-2011)

State of Libya (2011-present)

See also

References

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