List of wars involving Libya

This is a list of wars involving the State of Libya and its predecessor states.

Ottoman Tripolitania (1551-1911) ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2ResultsMari Stephano De expidition againt Tripoli (1559-1560)Tripolitanian Victory • Failure to Capture TripoliAction Of 1561Tripolitanian victory • Spanish galleys rootedCretan War (1645-1669)Ottoman Tripolitania Ottoman Tunis ManiotsOttoman Victory Crete conquered by the Ottoman Empire Venetian gains in DalmatiaNarbrough Campaign on Tripoli (1675)Tripolitanian Victory • Failure of the Campaign and a Peace TreatyMorean War (1684-1699) Ottoman Tunisia Defeat •Morea Ceded to venice French-Tripolitania War (1681-1685) Tripolitania Tunis FranceFrench victoryBombardment of Tripoli (1686)Inconclusive • Failed to capture Tripoli

• Peace TreatyTripoli Naval Skirmish (1689)Knights of MaltaPapal StatesVictory Maghrebi war (1699–1702) Beylik of Tunis Sultanate of Morocco Regency of Tripoli Regency of AlgiersAlgerian victoryGheziel, Abla. "La politique des deys d'Alger à la veille de la conquête française (1730-1830)." Al-Mawaqif (Revue des études et des recherches sur la société et l'histoire) 6 (2011): 63-74. p.1. “1672, Moulay Ismā'il lance une expédition, espérant conquérir Tlemcen: il est battu. En 1702, le Maroc et Tunis s'associent en une expédition militaire commune contre Alger, Mustapha les affronte et les met en déroute“ Moroccan and Tunisian forces routed Very minor, or no changesSiege of Tripoli (1705) Ottoman Tripolitania Ottoman TunisiaTripolitanian victoryOttoman–Venetian War (1714–1718) SpainHimariotesHajdukVictory • Morea Ceded to the Ottoman EmpireBombardment of Tripoli (1728)Inconclusive • Tripolitanian Remained UndefeatedVenetian Siege of Tripoli (1766)Victory • Venetian Galleys rooted, and expedition FailedTripolitanian civil war (1790–1795)1790–1793

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1793–1795Karamanli victoryAction of 16 May 1797 Tripolitania Denmark–NorwayVictoryBarbary Wars (1801–1815) Algiers Sweden (1800–1802)InconclusiveFirst Barbary War (1801–1805) (1802) Peace treaty The United States paying ransom Tripolitania ships allowed to inspect American ships Freeing prisoners of American shipsBattle of Tripoli (1825) Tripolitania Sardinian victory: Sardinia Destroyed two tripolitanian ships Tripolitanian soldiers routed Peace treaty concludedLes Reltìons Politique Et commerciales Entre la Libye Et Les Pays De L'Euope De L'Ouest MedéirerrenéenBombardment of Tripoli (1828) Ottoman Tripolitania Kingdom of the Two SiciliesTripolitanian victoryItalo-Turkish War (1911-1912) Senussi Order Italian victory Italy gains Tripolitania, Cyrenaica and the Dodecanese IslandsItalian invasion of Libya (1911) Senussi OrderItalian victory Italian annexation of Libya

Colonial period (1911-1951) ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2ResultsFirst Italo-Senussi War (1911–1917) SenussiDefeat Libyan resistance put downSecond Italo-Senussi War (1923–1932) Senussi Order Tripolitanian rebels Fezzan rebelsItalian victory Stabilization of Italian rule in LibyaNorth African Campaign (1940–1943)Allies

Self-governance from 1942

Libyan Arab Force

Algeria Tunisia Morocco Axis

Tunisia MoroccoAllied victory Italian Libya placed under British and French military administration

Libyan Kingdom (1951-1969) ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2ResultsArab Cold War(1952-1991) (1958) Federation of Arab Republics Arab Islamic Republic

United Arab States (1958–1961)Inconclusive Decline of pan-Arabism and Nasserism after the death of Gamal Abdel Nasser Rise of Wahhabism, Salafi jihadism, and Islamism after the death of Nasser International propagation of Salafism and Wahhabism in several countries financed with Saudi oil exports Beginning of the 1969 Somali coup d'état, establishing the Somali Democratic Republic Creation of Gulf Cooperation Council Failed attempts of an Arab Union: Arab Federation United Arab Republic United Arab States Federation of Arab Republics United Arab Kingdom Union of Arab Republics Arab Islamic Republic Successful attempts of an Arab Union: Unity of nine Arab emirates to form UAE Yemeni unificationBattle of Essien (1957) FLNLibyan-Algerian victory French forces withdraw from the region

Libyan Arab Republic (1969-1977) ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2Results1969 Libyan revolution Free Officers Movement Kingdom of Libya Cyrenaican Defence Force (CYDEF)Free Officers victory Overthrow and abolition of the Monarchy Establishment of Libyan Arab Republic Start of Muammar Gaddafi's ruleFirst Sudanese Civil War (1955-1972) Anglo-Egyptian Sudan(1955–1956) Republic of the Sudan(1956–1969) Democratic Republic of the Sudan(1969–1972)Combat support:(Joint operations on Ugandan territory, 1965–1969) Libyan Arab Republic(From 1969 and combat involvement at least in 1970)Non-combat support: Kingdom of Libya (until 1969) SDF mutineers, bandits, and unaffiliated separatist militias ALF (1965–1970) Anyanya (from 1963) (from 1969) Supported by: (from about 1970) Congo-Léopoldville Stalemate Addis Ababa AgreementInvasion of Uganda (1972) Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Ugandan rebels People's Army UPC supportersUgandan government victory Invasion by Obote loyalists repelledLebanese Civil War (1976) ADF

LF Withdrawal Libyan forces essentially abandoned Eventual termination of ADF mandate

Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (1977-2011) ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2ResultsEgyptian–Libyan War (1977) Libya Egypt CeasefireUganda–Tanzania War (1978–1979) Libya Palestine Liberation OrganizationSupported by: Uganda National Liberation FrontSupported by:Tanzanian victory Collapse of the Second Republic of UgandaChadian–Libyan conflict (1978–1987) Libya Islamic Legion Pro-Libyan Chadian factions FROLINAT GUNT (1979–1986) Codos (1983–1986) FAP (1978–1986) Pro-Libyan Palestinian and Lebanese groups (1987) Abu Nidal Organization Anti-Libyan Chadian factions FAT (1978–1979) FAN (1978–1983) FANT (1983–1987) GUNT (1986–1987) Inter-African Force

NFSLDefeat Chad regains control of the Aouzou Strip.United States bombing of Libya (1986) Libya Both sides claimed victory

Ground targets destroyed Failed assassination attempt against Gaddafi Failed Libyan Scud missile response Libya renamed from Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya to Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.Second Sudanese Civil War (1986–1988) Sudan Armed Forces PDF Army of Peace Muraheleen Ex-FAR and Interahamwe SSDF SPLA dissidents SPLA-Nasir SPLA-United SSIM/A Nuer White Army Ugandan insurgents: LRA WNBF UNRF (II)

Combat aid: Non-combat aid: SPLA SPLA-Mainstream SPLA-Agar SPDF ALF Titweng SSLMNDASudanese Alliance Forces Anyanya II Eastern Coalition Derg PDR Ethiopia Non-combat aid: Stalemate Libyan withdrawal in 1988 2011 referendum and independence of the Republic of South SudanSecond Congo War (1998-2003) LibyaVictory2008 Kufra conflict (2008) Libya Toubou Front for the Salvation of LibyaVictory

State of Libya (2011-present) ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2ResultsFirst Libyan Civil War (2011) Libyan Arab JamahiriyaMinor border clashes: Tunisian Army Tunisian Police Supported by: 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 2014War against the Islamic State(2013–present)In multiple regions: Ongoing; IS militarily defeated in Iraq, Syria and Libya Airstrikes on IS positions in Iraq, Syria, Libya, Nigeria and Afghanistan Multinational humanitarian efforts Arming and supporting local ground forces Millions of civilians in Iraq and Syria flee their homes, sparking a refugee crisis Terrorist attacks in Paris (Jan 2015 and Nov 2015), Brussels (Mar 2016) and many other places Thousands of civilians executed by IS forces in Iraq and Syria IS controlled around 40% of Iraq at its peak in mid-2014 IS controlled around 50% of Syria by late May 2015 Emergence of independently-governed Kurdish regions IS military defeated and lost all of its territory in Libya in December 2017 Boko Haram loses territory, but its insurgency continues IS controlled 5.67% of Syria's land by November 2017 and around 3% of Iraq by October 2017 IS loses all territory in Iraq and most territory in Syria in December 2017 IS loses all remaining territory in Syria in March 2019Second Libyan Civil War (2014–2020) House of Representatives (Tobruk-based) Libyan National Army (LNA–aligned) (LNA–aligned)

Wagner Group(from 2018) Egypt United Arab Emirates RSF (from 2019)(2020) (allegedly) (allegedly, denied by LNA) Government of National Accord (Tripoli-based) (from 2016)

(GNA–aligned) (GNA–aligned)

(2020) Syrian National Army (from 2019) Popular Resistance Committees (LNA claim, denied by Hamas)

National Salvation Government(2014–2017) Libya Shield Force LROR Libyan National Guard

Islamic State (from 2014) Wilayat Barqa Wilayat Tarabulus Wilayat Fezzan

al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (2014–2017) Shura Council ofBenghazi Revolutionaries (2014–2017) Ceasefire Permanent ceasefire ratified on 23 October 2020 LNA failed to conquer Tripoli Government of National Unity formed on 10 March 2021 Continued Libyan Crisis

List of wars involving Libya

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