Second Libyan Civil War

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The Second Libyan Civil War was a multi-sided conflict that erupted after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi, pitting rival governments, militias, and foreign-backed factions against each other and plunging Libya into prolonged instability and violence.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf armed conflict
civil war
casualties thousands of people killed
commander Fayez al-Sarraj
Khalifa Haftar
country Libya
displacedPersons hundreds of thousands of internally displaced persons
endTime 2020
followed 2011 Libyan Civil War
surface form: First Libyan Civil War

Second Libyan Civil War self-linksurface differs
surface form: Libyan Crisis (2011–present)
hasCause militia competition
political fragmentation in Libya
power struggle after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi
regional and tribal divisions in Libya
rival governments in Libya
impact disruption of Libyan oil production
expansion of human trafficking networks in Libya
increase in migration flows across the Mediterranean
involvedOrganization Ansar al-Sharia in Libya
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
surface form: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Libya

Misrata militias
Petroleum Facilities Guard
Zintan militias
location Benghazi
Cyrenaica
surface form: Cyrenaica region

Derna
Fezzan
surface form: Fezzan region

Sirte, Libya
surface form: Sirte

Tripoli
Tripolitania
surface form: Tripolitania region
mainBelligerent Government of National Accord
House of Representatives (Tobruk-based)
Libyan National Army
local tribal militias
various Islamist militias
partOf post-2011 Libyan crisis
peaceProcess Libyan Political Agreement (Skhirat Agreement)
Libyan Political Dialogue Forum
UN-led political dialogue
result ceasefire agreement in October 2020
foreign military intervention in Libya
fragmentation of Libyan state institutions
humanitarian crisis in Libya
prolonged instability in Libya
significantEvent Battle of Benghazi
Battle of Derna
Battle of Tripoli (2019–2020)
capture of Sirte from ISIS
startTime 2014
supportedBy Egypt
France
Italy
Qatar
Russia
Turkey
United Arab Emirates
United Nations (political support for GNA)

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Misrata militias activeInConflict Second Libyan Civil War
Battle of Derna conflict Second Libyan Civil War
House of Representatives (Tobruk-based) conflict Second Libyan Civil War
Petroleum Facilities Guard conflict Second Libyan Civil War
this entity surface form: Libyan Civil War
Libyan Political Dialogue Forum conflictAddressed Second Libyan Civil War
Battle of Tripoli (2019–2020) conflictIn Second Libyan Civil War
this entity surface form: Libyan Civil War (2014–present)
Fayez al-Sarraj conflictInvolved Second Libyan Civil War
Second Libyan Civil War followed Second Libyan Civil War self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Libyan Crisis (2011–present)
2011 Libyan Civil War followedBy Second Libyan Civil War
Ṭarābulus historicalEvent Second Libyan Civil War
Libyan National Army involvedIn Second Libyan Civil War
this entity surface form: Libyan Civil War (2014–present)
Misrata militias involvedIn Second Libyan Civil War
this entity surface form: Libya Dawn operation
Government of National Accord legitimacyContext Second Libyan Civil War
Battle of Derna partOf Second Libyan Civil War
Battle of Tripoli (2019–2020) partOf Second Libyan Civil War
Ansar al-Sharia in Libya participatedIn Second Libyan Civil War
this entity surface form: Libyan conflict (post-2011)
Khalifa Haftar participatedIn Second Libyan Civil War
this entity surface form: Libyan Civil War (2011 and later interventions)
EUNAVFOR MED IRINI relatedConflict Second Libyan Civil War
subject surface form: Libyan Political Agreement
United Nations missions in the Middle East relatedTo Second Libyan Civil War
this entity surface form: Libyan conflict
Government of National Accord securityContext Second Libyan Civil War
Libya subsequentConflict Second Libyan Civil War
Derna wasBattlegroundIn Second Libyan Civil War
this entity surface form: Libyan Civil War
Derna wasBattlegroundIn Second Libyan Civil War