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History of Libya
Prehistory
Ancient history 3200–146 BC
Roman era 146 BC – mid-7C
Islamic rule mid-7c–1510
Spanish Tripoli 1510–1530
Hospitaller Tripoli 1530–1551
Ottoman Tripolitania 1551–1911
Italian colonization:
Italian Tripolitania and Cyrenaica
1911–1934
Italian Libya 1934–1943
Allied occupation 1943–1951
Kingdom of Libya 1951–1969
Libya under Muammar Gaddafi 1969–2011
First Civil War 2011
National Transitional Council 2011–2012
General National Congress 2012–2014
House of Representatives 2014–present
Second Civil War 2014–2020
Government of National Accord 2016–2021
Government of National Unity 2021–present
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Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results
Libyan–Egyptian War
(1977)
Libya Egypt Egypt Defeat
  • Libyan attack on Sallum repelled.
Uganda–Tanzania War
(1978–1979)
Uganda Uganda
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Libya
State of Palestine PLO
 Tanzania
Uganda UNLA
Mozambique Mozambique
Defeat
Chadian–Libyan Conflict
(1978–1987)
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Libya
Chad FROLINAT
Chad GUNT
Chad FAT
Chad FAN
Chad FANT
 France
 Zaire
Defeat
Operation El Dorado Canyon
(1986)
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Libya United States Both sides claim victory
  • Targets damaged, but Gaddafi survived.
First Libyan Civil War
(2011)
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Libyan Government Libya NTC
 NATO

 Jordan
 Qatar
 Sweden
 UAE

Regime change
Second Libyan Civil War
(2014–)
Libya Libyan Government
 Egypt
 UAE
Libya GNC
Shura Council (Benghazi)
Shura Council (Derna)
Islamic State Islamic State
Ongoing
  • Islamists suffered landslide electoral defeat.

See also

References

  1. Cooper, T., & Grandolini, A. (n.d.). Libyan Air Wars: Part 1: 1973-1985, pp. 24-25
    Understanding that his military was too hopelessly outclassed and out of condition to instigate any political changes in Cairo, Gaddafi subsequently gave up his pressure upon Egypt.
  2. Countrystudies - Libya and Arab Unity "Libya and Arab Unity". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2 March 2013. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  3. M. Brecher & J. Wilkenfeld, p. 95
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