List of wars involving Libya

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 Ottoman Tripolitania Ottoman Tunis   Regency of Algiers [1]	Republic of Venice Knights of Malta   Papal States   France Greek revolutionaries Maniots	Ottoman Victory Crete conquered by the Ottoman Empire Venetian gains in Dalmatia
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 [2] [3]   India   Egypt   Canada   Australia   New Zealand   South Africa	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) [4]	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 [5] 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 [6] 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 Arab Jamahiriya	Anti-Gaddafi forces   Qatar [7] [8] [9]   NATO   Belgium   Bulgaria   Canada   Denmark   France   Greece   Italy   Netherlands   Norway [10]   Poland (only humanitarian and medical aid) [11]   Romania   Spain   Turkey   United Kingdom   United States Other countries   Jordan [12]   Qatar   Sweden   United Arab Emirates [13] Minor border clashes:   Tunisia Tunisian Army Tunisian Police Supported by:   Egypt [14] [15]	Libyan opposition/NATO victory Complete overthrow and collapse of the Gaddafi regime. Killing of Muammar Gaddafi and end of his rule over Libya on 20 October 2011 Start and continuation of the Libyan Crisis Assumption of interim control by National Transitional Council; remained in power until August 8, 2012 UN authorisation of NATO led military intervention Diplomatic recognition of NTC as sole governing authority for Libya by 105 countries, UN, EU, AL and AU Factional violence in the aftermath of the war leading to another civil war in 2014 [16]
Second Libyan Civil War (2014–2020)	House of Representatives (Tobruk-based) [17] [18] Libyan National Army [19] [20]   Libyan Air Force (LNA–aligned)   Libyan Navy (LNA–aligned) Others: Zintan brigades [21] JEM [22] (from 2016) SLM/A-Minnawi [23] [24] Gaddafi loyalists [25] Popular Front for the Liberation of Libya Warshefana militias [21] [26] [27] Wagner Group (from 2018) [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] Egypt [33] [34] [35] United Arab Emirates [33] [36] [37] [38] RSF [39] (from 2019)   Ba'athist Syria (2020) [40] [41] [42]   Hezbollah (allegedly) [43] [44]   Israel (allegedly, denied by LNA) [45] [46] [47] [48] [49]   Iran [50] Support:   Russia [51] [52] France [53] [54] [55] [56]   Saudi Arabia [57]   Chad [58]   Jordan [59] [60] [27]   Belarus [61] [62]   Greece [63] [64]   Cyprus [65]   United States [66] [67]   United Kingdom [68]	Government of National Accord (Tripoli-based) (from 2016)   Libyan Ground Forces   Libyan Air Force (GNA–aligned)   Libyan Navy [69] (GNA–aligned) Others: Presidential Guard [70] Misrata Brigades [71] Sabratha Revolutionary Brigades [72] Petroleum Facilities Guard [73] Tripoli Protection Force (from 2018) Misratan Third Force [74] Tuareg militias of Ghat [75] Toubou Front for the Salvation of Libya [75] Chadian rebels (FACT, [76] CCMSR, [76] URF [77] and UFDD [77] )   Turkey (2020) [78] [79] [80] Syrian National Army (from 2019) [81] Popular Resistance Committees [82] [83]   Hamas (LNA claim, denied by Hamas) [84] Support:   Qatar [85]   Sudan [86] (until 2019)   Pakistan [87] [88]   Iran [89]   Morocco [90]   Malta [91]   Italy [92] [93]   European Union [94] (except Greece, Cyprus and France)   United Kingdom [95]   United States (until 2019) [96] [97]   Ukraine [98]   Algeria [99]   United Nations National Salvation Government (2014–2017) [100] [101] Libya Shield Force [102] LROR [102] Libyan National Guard [103] [104] [105] Support:   Sudan (2014–16) [106] [86]   Turkey (2014–16) [107] [108]   Qatar (2014–16) [107] [85]   Iran [109] (allegedly)   Ukraine [98] Islamic State (from 2014) [110] Wilayat Barqa [111] [112] Wilayat Tarabulus [113] Wilayat Fezzan [113] Support: AQIM (2014–2015; [114] [115] alleged in 2016 [116] ) al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (2014–2017) [117] Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries (2014–2017) [118] [119] SCBR militia: Ansar al-Sharia (2014–2017) [120] Libya Shield 1 (2014–16) Rafallah al-Sahati Brigade Others: Benghazi Defense Brigades [121] [122] Ajdabiya Revolutionaries Shura Council (2015–16) [123] Derna Protection Force	Ceasefire Permanent ceasefire ratified on 23 October 2020 LNA failed to conquer Tripoli Government of National Unity formed on 10 March 2021 [124] Continued Libyan Crisis

See also

• Libyan resistance movement

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External links

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