at the beginning of 2014 , libya was governed Control by the general national congress ( gnc ) , which won the popular vote in 2012 elections Choosing .

ambassador to libya j. christopher stevens and u.s. foreign service information management officer sean smith .

the first libyan civil war , also referred Name_conferral to as the libyan revolution or 17 february revolution , was an armed conflict Hostile_encounter in 2011 in the north african country of libya fought between forces loyal to colonel muammar gaddafi and those seeking to oust his government .