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The Libyan official sources claimed that at least between 64 and 90 people were killed during the bombardments on the first two days of the U.N. intervention and another 150 had been wounded. [20] The Vatican news agency claimed that in Tripoli alone, at least 40 civilians died as a result of the bombing campaign. [21]
The Libyan civil war (2014–2020), also known as the Second Libyan Civil War, was a multilateral civil war which was fought in Libya among a number of armed groups, but mainly the House of Representatives (HoR) and the Government of National Accord (GNA), for six years from 2014 to 2020. [124]
The Libyan civil war, [36] also known as the First Libyan Civil War, [37] 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.
The Libyan crisis [1] [2] is the current humanitarian crisis [3] [4] and political-military instability [5] occurring in Libya, beginning with the Arab Spring protests of 2011, which led to two civil wars, foreign military intervention, and the ousting and death of Muammar Gaddafi.
August 28 (Reuters) - Here is a timeline chronicling Libya's years of chaos and division: 2011 - Revolt and civil war. An uprising against Muammar Gaddafi's four-decade rule rapidly spreads ...
See: Battle of Benghazi (2014) Hostilities first broke out early in the morning of Friday 16 May 2014 when General Khalifa Haftar's forces assaulted the bases of certain Benghazi Islamist militia groups, including the one blamed for the 2012 assassination of US ambassador Christopher Stevens.
Gaddafi is ousted in August and killed in October. A rebel council stages elections for an interim General National Congress which creates a transitional government but true power lies with an ...
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