The invasion Attack of Anjouan ( code-named Operation `` Democracy in Comoros '' ) , on25 March 2008 , was an amphibious assault Attack led Causation by the Comoros , backed by African Union ( AU ) forces , including troops from Sudan , Tanzania , Senegal , along with logistical support Supporting from Libya and France .

On 3 October 2013 , a boat carrying Bringing migrants from Libya to Italy sank Motion_directional off the Italian island of Lampedusa .

It was reported Reporting that the boat had sailed Self_motion from Misrata , Libya , but that many of the migrants were originally from Eritrea , Somalia and Ghana .

The Second Libyan Civil War is an ongoing conflict among rival factions seeking control of the territory and oil of Libya .

The HoR ( also known as the Council of Deputies ) , in control of eastern and southern Libya , has the loyalty of the Libyan National Army of General Khalifa Haftar , and has been supported Supporting by airstrikes by Egypt and the UAE .

The GNC , based in western Libya and backed Self_motion by various different militias ( mainly Libya Dawn in the west and Libya Shield in the east ) with some support from Qatar , Sudan and Turkey , initially accepted Receiving the results of the 2014 election Choosing , but rejected Response them after the Supreme Constitutional Court nullified an amendment regarding the roadmap for Libya 's transition and HoR elections Choosing .

The GNC , based in western Libya and backed Self_motion by various different militias ( mainly Libya Dawn in the west and Libya Shield in the east ) with some support from Qatar , Sudan and Turkey , initially accepted Receiving the results of the 2014 election Choosing , but rejected Response them after the Supreme Constitutional Court nullified an amendment regarding the roadmap for Libya 's transition and HoR elections Choosing .

The GNC , based in western Libya and backed Self_motion by various different militias ( mainly Libya Dawn in the west and Libya Shield in the east ) with some support from Qatar , Sudan and Turkey , initially accepted Receiving the results of the 2014 election Choosing , but rejected Response them after the Supreme Constitutional Court nullified an amendment regarding the roadmap for Libya 's transition and HoR elections Choosing .

The GNC , based in western Libya and backed Self_motion by various different militias ( mainly Libya Dawn in the west and Libya Shield in the east ) with some support from Qatar , Sudan and Turkey , initially accepted Receiving the results of the 2014 election Choosing , but rejected Response them after the Supreme Constitutional Court nullified an amendment regarding the roadmap for Libya 's transition and HoR elections Choosing .

This offensive resulted in Causation ISIL losing control of all significant territory it previously held Hold in Libya .

Division among these parties , the row over the political isolation law , and a continuous unstable security situation greatly impacted Influence the GNC 's ability to deliver real progress towards a new constitution for Libya which was a primary task for this body .

Acceptance of responsibility was part of a series of requirements laid out by a UN resolution in order for sanctions against Libya to be lifted .

Libya said Statement it had to accept Agree_or_refuse_to_act responsibility due to Megrahi 's status as a government employee .

The 2012 Benghazi attack Attack was a coordinated attack Attack against two United States government facilities in Benghazi , Libya by members of the Islamic militant group Ansar al-Sharia .

Khattala was captured Arrest in Libya by U.S. Army Special Operations Forces , who were acting Action in coordination with the FBI , in June 2014 .

Security officials say militants based in Libya have established Creating ties with the Sinai Province group and have blamed Judgment_communication the porous border and ongoing civil war for the increase Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale in sophisticated weapons available to the Islamist groups .

The IRA made Manufacturing some attempts in the 1980s to escalate Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale the conflict Hostile_encounter with the aid Assistance of weapons imported from Libya .

The effects Influence of the Tunisian Revolution spread Dispersal strongly to five other countries : Libya , Egypt , Yemen , Syria and Bahrain , where either the regime was toppled Change_of_leadership or major uprisings Change_of_leadership and social Social_event violence Violence occurred Coming_to_be , including riots Violence , civil wars Military_operation or insurgencies Change_of_leadership .

The early hopes that these popular movements would end Process_end corruption , increase Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale political participation , and bring about Causation greater economic equity quickly collapsed Destroying in the wake of the counter-revolutionary moves by foreign state actors in Yemen and of the Saudi–UAE-linked military deep state in Egypt , the regional and international military interventions Response in Bahrain and Yemen , and the destructive Destroying civil wars Military_operation in Syria , Iraq , Libya and Yemen .

Conceived Creating by the commander-in-chief of the British Middle East Command , General Archibald Wavell , Brevity was intended to be a rapid blow against weak Axis front-line forces in the Sollum–Capuzzo–Bardia area of the border between Egypt and Libya .

Egypt had been invaded Attack by Libyan-based Italian forces in September 1940 , but by February of the following year a British counter-offensive had advanced Cause_to_make_progress well into Libya , destroying Destroying the Italian Tenth Army in the process .

The strategically important Halfaya Pass was taken Conquering against stiff Italian opposition , and deeper inside Libya Fort Capuzzo was captured Conquering , but German counter-attacks Attack under Colonel Maximilian von Herff regained Getting the fort during the afternoon causing Causation heavy casualties Catastrophe amongst its defenders .

Libya had been involved Participation in Chad 's internal affairs prior to 1978 and before Muammar Gaddafi 's rise Change_of_leadership to power in Libya in 1969 , beginning Process_start with the extension Expansion of the Chadian Civil War Hostile_encounter to northern Chad in 1968 .

Libya had been involved Participation in Chad 's internal affairs prior to 1978 and before Muammar Gaddafi 's rise Change_of_leadership to power in Libya in 1969 , beginning Process_start with the extension Expansion of the Chadian Civil War Hostile_encounter to northern Chad in 1968 .

In all of these occasions Gaddafi had the support Supporting of a number of factions participating Participation in the civil war Hostile_encounter , while Libya 's opponents found Know the support Supporting of the French government , which intervened Hold militarily to save Assistance the Chadian government in 1978 , 1983 and 1986 .

Gaddafi initially intended to annex Becoming_a_member the Aouzou Strip , the northernmost part of Chad , which he claimed Statement as part of Libya on the grounds of an unratified treaty of the colonial period .

In 1972 his goals became Becoming , in the evaluation Research of historian Mario Azevedo , the creation Creating of a client state in Libya 's `` underbelly '' , an Islamic republic modelled after his jamahiriya , that would maintain Preserving close ties Connect with Libya , and secure Assistance his control Control over the Aouzou Strip ; expulsion Removing of the French from the region ; and use Using of Chad as a base to expand Expansion his influence in Central Africa .

In 1972 his goals became Becoming , in the evaluation Research of historian Mario Azevedo , the creation Creating of a client state in Libya 's `` underbelly '' , an Islamic republic modelled after his jamahiriya , that would maintain Preserving close ties Connect with Libya , and secure Assistance his control Control over the Aouzou Strip ; expulsion Removing of the French from the region ; and use Using of Chad as a base to expand Expansion his influence in Central Africa .

The fleet Motion bombarded Attack various fortified pirate cities in present-day Libya , Tunisia , and Algeria , ultimately extracting Getting concessions of fair passage from their rulers .

Operation Ellamy was the codename Name_conferral for the United Kingdom participation Participation in the 2011 military intervention in Libya .

The rapid British advance Self_motion during Operation Military_operation Compass ( 9 December 1940 – 9 February 1941 ) forced Causation the Italian 10th Army to evacuate Emptying Cyrenaica , the eastern province of Libya .

The Sirte , Tmed Hassan and Buerat strongholds were reinforced Cause_change_of_strength from Italy , which brought Bringing the 10th and 5th armies up to about German reinforcements were sent Sending to Libya to form Coming_to_be a blocking detachment ( ) under Directive 22 ( 11 January ) , these being the first units of the `` Afrika Korps '' ( `` Generalleutnant '' Erwin Rommel ) .

Libya and Tunisia qualified Getting for the tournament Competition , even as the Arab Spring brought Bringing upheaval Social_event and regime change Change to both nations .

The 2012 Sabha conflict Quarreling started Process_start in the aftermath of the Libyan civil war , and involved Participation armed clashes Hostile_encounter between the Tubu and Abu Seif tribes in Sabha , a city of almost 100,000 in the region of Fezzan , Libya .

Issa Abdel Majit Monsur , the head of the Tubu tribe in Libya , announced Expressing_publicly the reactivation of the `` Toubou Front for the Salvation of Libya '' , an opposition group Participation that was already active during the rule of Muammar Gaddafi .

Issa Abdel Majit Monsur , the head of the Tubu tribe in Libya , announced Expressing_publicly the reactivation of the `` Toubou Front for the Salvation of Libya '' , an opposition group Participation that was already active during the rule of Muammar Gaddafi .

The tournament was scheduled to be hosted Social_event by Libya , until CAF rescinded Removing its hosting Come_together rights in August 2014 due to ongoing Hostile_encounter war in the country .

Originally , the tournament Competition was to be hosted Social_event in Libya .

Three of the five Islamic leaders , Abdelhamid Abou Zeid , Abdel Krim and Omar Ould Hamaha were killed Killing , while Mokhtar Belmokhtar fled Escaping to Libya and Iyad ag Ghali fled Escaping to Algeria .

Operation Tidal Wave was an air attack Attack by bombers of the United States Army Air Forces ( USAAF ) based in Libya and Southern Italy on nine oil refineries around Ploiești , Romania on 1 August 1943 , during World War II .

A further UN resolution authorised Imposing_obligation member states to establish Building and enforce Preventing_or_letting a no-fly zone over Libya , and to use Using `` all necessary measures '' to prevent Preventing_or_letting attacks on civilians , which turned Becoming into a bombing campaign by the forces of NATO against military installations and civilian infrastructure of Libya .

A further UN resolution authorised Imposing_obligation member states to establish Building and enforce Preventing_or_letting a no-fly zone over Libya , and to use Using `` all necessary measures '' to prevent Preventing_or_letting attacks on civilians , which turned Becoming into a bombing campaign by the forces of NATO against military installations and civilian infrastructure of Libya .

In August , rebel forces launched an offensive on the government-held coast of Libya , backed by a wide-reaching NATO bombing campaign , taking Conquering back territory lost months before and ultimately capturing the capital city of Tripoli , while Gaddafi evaded Escaping capture and loyalists engaged in a rearguard campaign .

On 16 September 2011 , the National Transitional Council was recognised Know by the United Nations as the legal representative of Libya , replacing Change_of_leadership the Gaddafi government .

The National Transitional Council `` declared Expressing_publicly the liberation of Libya '' and the official end Process_end of the war on 23 October 2011 .

A much greater issue has been the role of militias which fought Hostile_encounter in the civil war and their role in the new Libya .

These unresolved issues led Causation directly to a second civil war in Libya .

In Libya the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ( ISIL ) has been able to control Control some limited Limiting territory in the ongoing civil war Hostile_encounter since 2014 , amid allegations of local collaboration between the otherwise rivalling AQIM and ISIL .