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 .

In addition to those three factions , there are also smaller rival groups : the Islamist Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries , led by Ansar al-Sharia , which has had the support of the GNC and was defeated Conquering in Benghazi in 2017 ; the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant 's ( ISIL 's ) Libyan provinces ; the Shura Council of Mujahideen in Derna which expelled Removing ISIL from Derna in July 2015 and was later itself defeated Conquering in Derna by the Tobruk government in 2018 ; as well as many militias and armed groups , whose allegiances often change Change .

Parties holding majority of seats and some holding minority of seats began Process_start to use Using boycotts or threats of boycotts which increased Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale division and suppressed Control relevant debates by removing them from the congressional agenda ; voting to declare Expressing_publicly sharia law and establishing a special committee to `` review all existing laws to guarantee they comply with Islamic law '' ; imposing gender segregation and compulsory hijab at Libyan universities ; and refusing to hold Hold new elections Choosing when its electoral mandate expired Process_end in January 2014 until General Khalifa Haftar launched a large-scale military offensive against the Islamists in May 2014 , code-named Operation Dignity ( ; 'Amaliyat al-Karamah ) .

In response Response to the incident , former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi provided Supply military aid Assistance to the secessionist group Moro National Liberation Front .

Following a three-year joint investigation by Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary and the US Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI ) , arrest warrants were issued Expressing_publicly for two Libyan nationals in November 1991 .

In 1999 , Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi handed over Giving the two men for trial at Camp Zeist , Netherlands , after protracted negotiations and UN sanctions .

In 2001 , Abdelbaset al-Megrahi , a Libyan intelligence officer , was jailed Prison for life after being found Know guilty of 270 counts of murder in connection with the bombing .

During the Libyan Civil War in 2011 , former Minister of Justice Mustafa Abdul Jalil claimed Statement that the Libyan leader had personally ordered Arranging the bombing , though this was later denied Agree_or_refuse_to_act , while investigators have long believed Know that Megrahi did not act alone , and have been reported Reporting as questioning retired Stasi agents about a possible role in the attack .

During the Libyan Civil War in 2011 , former Minister of Justice Mustafa Abdul Jalil claimed Statement that the Libyan leader had personally ordered Arranging the bombing , though this was later denied Agree_or_refuse_to_act , while investigators have long believed Know that Megrahi did not act alone , and have been reported Reporting as questioning retired Stasi agents about a possible role in the attack .

They staged Hold public demonstrations condemning Judgment_communication Ansar al-Sharia , which had been formed Coming_to_be during the 2011 Libyan civil war Hostile_encounter in opposition to leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi .

Khattala has been described Statement by Libyan and U.S. officials as the Benghazi leader of Ansar al-Sharia .

Large-scale conflicts Violence resulted Causation : the Syrian Civil War Military_operation ; the Iraqi insurgency Change_of_leadership and the following civil war Military_operation ; the Egyptian Crisis Influence , coup Change_of_leadership , and subsequent unrest Violence and insurgency Change_of_leadership ; the Libyan Civil War Military_operation ; and the Yemeni Crisis Influence and following civil war Military_operation .

The Chadian–Libyan conflict Violence was a series of sporadic clashes Violence in Chad between 1978 and 1987 between Libyan and Chadian forces Military_operation .

The conflict Violence was marked Recording by a series of four separate Libyan interventions in Chad , taking place Process_start in 1978 , 1979 , 1980–1981 and 1983–1987 .

This pattern was radically changed Change in 1986 , towards the end of the war Hostile_encounter , when most Chadian forces Military_operation united Cause_to_amalgamate in opposing Defending the Libyan occupation Attack of northern Chad with a degree of unity that had never been seen Know before in Chad .

This deprived Rewards_and_punishments the Libyan forces Military_operation of their habitual infantry , exactly when they found Know themselves confronting Confronting_problem a mobile army , well provided Supply now by the United States , Zaire and France with anti-tank and anti-air missiles , thus cancelling Removing the Libyan superiority in firepower .

This deprived Rewards_and_punishments the Libyan forces Military_operation of their habitual infantry , exactly when they found Know themselves confronting Confronting_problem a mobile army , well provided Supply now by the United States , Zaire and France with anti-tank and anti-air missiles , thus cancelling Removing the Libyan superiority in firepower .

What followed Motion was the Toyota War Hostile_encounter , in which the Libyan forces Military_operation were routed and expelled Removing from Chad , putting an end to Process_end the conflict Violence .

The operation was part of an international coalition Cause_to_amalgamate aimed Aiming at enforcing Action a Libyan no-fly zone in accordance with the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973 which stipulated that `` all necessary measures '' shall be taken to protect Defending civilians .

The no-fly zone was proposed during the Libyan Civil War to prevent Preventing_or_letting government forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi from carrying out air attacks Attack on anti-Gaddafi forces .

The MNLA was formed Coming_to_be by former insurgents and a significant number of heavily armed Tuaregs who fought in the Libyan Civil War .

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 .

Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 ( LN 114 ) was a regularly scheduled flight from Tripoli to Cairo via Benghazi .

It entered Arriving airspace over the Sinai Peninsula ( then occupied by Israel ) , where it was intercepted by two Israeli F-4 Phantom IIs , and was shot down Use_firearm after several attempts from the Israeli fighter pilots to make Action the Libyan aircraft land .

Some have refused Agree_or_refuse_to_act to disarm , and cooperation with the NTC has been strained , leading to Causation demonstrations against militias and government action to disband such groups or integrate Cause_to_amalgamate them into the Libyan military .