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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	Defeat Libyan attack on Sallum repelled.
Uganda–Tanzania War (1978–1979)	Uganda Libyan Arab Jamahiriya PLO	Tanzania UNLA	Defeat Overthrow of Idi Amin in Uganda.
Chadian–Libyan Conflict (1978–1987)	Libyan Arab Jamahiriya FROLINAT GUNT	FAT FAN FANT France Zaire	Defeat Islamic Legion pushed out of Chad. Chad gained control of the Aouzou Strip.
Operation El Dorado Canyon (1986)	Libya	United States	Both sides claim victory Targets damaged, but Gaddafi survived.
First Libyan Civil War (2011)	Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	NTC NATO France United Kingdom United States Belgium Canada Denmark Netherlands Norway Spain Turkey Jordan Qatar Sweden United Arab Emirates	Regime change Muammar Gaddafi was killed. The NTC assumed interim control of Libya. 102 countries, UN, EU, AL and AU diplomatically recognised the National Transitional Council as the sole governing authority for Libya. Post-civil war violence in Libya.
Second Libyan Civil War (2014–)	Libyan Government Egypt United Arab Emirates United States United Kingdom	GNC GNA Shura Council (Benghazi) Shura Council (Derna) Islamic State	Ongoing Libya divided between the government, the GNC and ISIS.

See also

Libyan resistance movement

External links

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

v t e Lists of wars involving African countries
Sovereign states	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
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)