Conflict
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Combatant 1
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Combatant 2
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Results
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Leader/Head of State
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Libyan losses
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Military
|
Civilians
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First Italo-Senussi War (1911–1917)
|
Senussi
|
Italy United Kingdom
|
Defeat
- Libyan resistance put down
|
None[1]
|
?
|
?
|
Second Italo-Senussi War (1923–1932)
|
Senussi
|
Italy
|
Defeat
- Stabilization of Italian rule in Libya[2]
|
80,000+[3]
|
First Sudanese Civil War (1970)[4]
|
Sudan Libya
|
ALF Anyanya
|
Stalemate[5]
|
Muammar Gaddafi
|
?
|
?
|
Libyan–Egyptian War (1977)
|
Libya
|
Egypt
|
Defeat[6]
|
?
|
?
|
Uganda–Tanzania War (1978–1979)
|
Uganda Libya PLO
|
Tanzania UNLA Mozambique
|
Defeat
|
~600[8]
|
None
|
Chadian–Libyan Conflict (1978–1987)
|
Libya FROLINAT GUNT
|
FAT FAN FANT France Zaire
|
Defeat
|
7,500+
|
?
|
Bombing of Libya (1986)
|
Libya
|
United States
|
Defeat[9]
|
45[10]
|
15-30[10]
|
First Libyan Civil War (2011)
|
Libyan Government
|
NTC NATO
Jordan Qatar Sweden UAE
|
Regime change
|
13,400–24,000[11]
|
Second Libyan Civil War (2014–)
|
HoR United States United Kingdom Egypt UAE GNA Tuareg militias Toubou Front Gaddafi loyalists
|
NSA Shura Council Islamic State
|
Ongoing
- Libya divided between three governments
- Islamic State presence minimized
|
Aguila Saleh Issa
|
10,000+[12]
|