2016 in Libya

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See also: Other events of 2016
List of years in Libya

The following lists events that happened during 2016 in Libya.

Contents

Incumbents

Events

January

March

May–December: Battle of Sirte

September

December

Deaths

See also

References

  1. "Libyan oil port of Sidra attacked by Islamic State". BBC News. 4 January 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  2. El-Sahli, Ayman (7 January 2016). "Truck bomb kills nearly 50 at Libyan police academy". Reuters. Archived from the original on 16 June 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  3. "Libya unity government arrives in Tripoli". BBC News. 31 March 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  4. "Libya unity government forces launch offensive against IS in Sirte". The Guardian. 12 May 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  5. "US launches air strikes on Islamic State in Libya's Sirte". BBC News. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  6. "Libya says city of Sirte liberated from IS". Al Jazeera. 6 December 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  7. "Libyan forces loyal to Haftar seize key oil ports". Al Jazeera. 12 September 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  8. "Libyan plane hijack ends peacefully in Malta". The Daily Telegraph. 23 December 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  9. "Libya's Mohammed Najm dies". Libya Herald. 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  10. "Islamist militant Mokhtar Belmokhtar 'killed in US air strike in Libya'". The Guardian. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  11. "IS commander killed in battle for Sirte". Reuters. 2 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2025.