Draft:Libyan crisis of 2024


Libyan crisis of 2024
Part of the Libyan crisis
DateAugust 2024- Present
Location
Result Ongoing
Belligerents

Libya Government of National Unity

Supported by:

Turkey Turkey[1][2]
Haftar Armed Forces[3]
Commanders and leaders
Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh Khalifa Haftar[3]
Casualties and losses
See Crisis[a]

In August 9, 2024, Pro-government and Anti-government militias clashed in Tripoli.[5] Another clash happened on 17 July 2024[6]. Those clashes still contiunes and there's a potential for another civil war which already occured in 2011 and between 2014-2020.[7][8][9]

Background

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Haftar's Armed Forces launched an unsuccessful campaign to capture Western Libya & Tripoli and being the president of the Libya.[10][11][12] Haftar's forces had to withdraw from the region with suffering heavy losses.[13] Haftar's forces massacred civilians during the withdraw.[13]

After the Haftar's campaign, UN recognized[14] Government of National Accord launched a counter-offensive in 6 June.[15] Both sides could not gain superiority over the other one. After the stalemate, belligerents signed a ceasefire.[16]

After these battles, peace progresses began. Permanent ceasefire signed on December 24, 2020 and Government of National Accord and Tobruk-based government merged and Government of National Unity created on April 2021.[17]

Even though civil war ended in 2020, there were some other clashes in 2022 and in 2023.

Crisis

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On 9 August 2024, Pro-government and Anti-government militias had fought in Tajoura, Tripoli.[5] The clash resulted with at least 9 deaths and 16 woundeds.[5] The next day, militia clashes briefly occurred in the Qali Bulla area, east of Tajoura. It comes after clashes also occurred in Tajoura in July, reportedly resulting in three deaths.[18]

In 17 August, Rahbat al-Dur'a Battalion and members of the Shaheda Sabreya Battalion clashed in Tripoli.[6]

Official of the Central Bank of Libya has been hijacted in August 2024 and Libyan central bank suspended its operations.[19] In 20 August, another clash happened Chadian rebels and Haftar's 128th brigade in Chad-Libya border.[20]

Pro-Haftar members in the Libyan parliament gave vote to end Dbeibah's government.[21]

These incidents mark an alarming escalation in a country that has experienced relative calm since a UN-brokered ceasefire in October 2020, and create a new civil war in Libya.[7][18]

References

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  1. ^ "Erdogan Secures Broad Powers for Turkish Forces in Libya with New Agreement". libyareview.com. 17 August 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Turkey-Libya agreement grants Turkish forces expansive operational freedoms and legal immunity". nordicmonitor.com. Nordic Monitor. August 16, 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Λιβύη: Σε επιφυλακή ένοπλες δυνάμεις της κυβέρνησης - Μιλούν για «πιθανή επίθεση» από τις δυνάμεις του Χαφτάρ". protothema.gr. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Nine killed, 16 wounded in clashes in Libya's Tripoli". reuters.com. Reuters. August 9, 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  5. ^ a b c Wannez, Muetaz (10 August 2024). "9 killed in clashes between militias in Libyan capital". aa.com.tr. Anadolu Agency. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  6. ^ a b "Libya: Armed clashes reported in Tripoli's Tajoura District late July 16". crisis24.garda.com. Crisis24. 16 July 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  7. ^ a b Schaer, Cathrin (16 August 2024). "Is Libya on the brink of a new civil war?". dw.com. DW. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  8. ^ "Libya's Escalating Tensions Raise Fears of Another Civil War". iafrica.com. İAfrica. August 20, 2024. Retrieved August 20, 2024.
  9. ^ Megerisi, Tarek (20 August 2024). "At the precipice: Averting a civil war in Libya". ecfr.eu. European council for foreign relations. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  10. ^ "Libya conflict: GNA regains full control of Tripoli from Gen Haftar". BBC News. 4 June 2020. The recapture of the international airport in Tripoli - long out of use - is the strongest symbolic victory for the Libyan government so far, reports the BBC's Arab affairs editor Sebastian Usher.
  11. ^ "UN-backed Libyan forces oust renegade general from Tripoli". the Guardian. 4 June 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  12. ^ "Libya's GNA says it regained full control of the capital, Tripoli". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-04-08.
  13. ^ a b Canlı, Enes (8 May 2020). "Libya'nın batısında kayıplar yaşayan Hafter sivillere yönelik saldırılarını artırdı". aa.com.tr. Anadolu Agency. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  14. ^ "Libya's UN-recognised government announces immediate ceasefire". www.aljazeera.com. AlJazeera. 22 August 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  15. ^ "Libya's GNA says offensive launched for Gaddafi's hometown of Sirte". Middle East Eye. 6 June 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  16. ^ "Libya's Tripoli-based government and rival parliament take steps to end hostilities". Reuters. 21 August 2020.
  17. ^ "Libya lawmakers approve interim govt in key step towards elections". Radio France Internationale. Agence France-Presse. 10 March 2021.
  18. ^ a b "Will Libya's fragile peace plunge into civil war again?". newarab.com. The NewArab. 19 August 2024. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
  19. ^ "Λιβύη: Η κεντρική τράπεζα ανέστειλε τη λειτουργία της μετά την απαγωγή αξιωματούχου της". protothema.gr. ProtoThema. 18 August 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  20. ^ @AfricanAnalysts (20 August 2024). "Violent clashes erupted Monday morning between Khalifa Haftar's 128 Brigade and illegal traffickers near gold mines on the Chad-Libya border". Twitter. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  21. ^ "Το κοινοβούλιο της Λιβύης έπαυσε τον φιλότουρκο πρωθυπουργό Ντειμπά- Η Τουρκία μετέφερε αντιαεροπορικό σύστημα Hisar-O100 στην βάση Al Watiya". pentapostagma.gr. Pentapostagma. 13 July 2024. Retrieved 22 August 2024.

Notes

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  1. ^ 9 killed and 16 wounded on 9 August 2024[4]