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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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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Saddam Haftar conflict Second Libyan Civil War
Saddam Haftar conflict Second Libyan Civil War
this entity surface form: Libyan Civil War (post-2014 phase)
Khalid Haftar activeIn Second Libyan Civil War
this entity surface form: Libyan conflict
Derna Mujahideen Shura Council conflict Second Libyan Civil War
House of Representatives involvedIn Second Libyan Civil War
subject surface form: House of Representatives (Libya)
this entity surface form: Libyan Civil War (post-2014)