2019 in Libya From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Decades: 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s See also:Other events of 2019List of years in Libya ← 2018 2017 2016 2019 in Libya → 2020 2021 2022 Decades: 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s See also:Other events of 2019List of years in Libya The following events occurred in Libya in the year 2019. President: Aguila Saleh Issa Prime Minister: Abdullah al-Thani Events This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (July 2025) April 4 – Second Libyan Civil War: The Libyan National Army (LNA) launches a surprise offensive in western Libya, moving units towards the Government of National Accord-held capital Tripoli and capturing Gharyan.[1][2] July 3 – 2019 Tajoura migrant center airstrike: An airstrike by Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army hits the Tajoura Detention Center outside Tripoli, Libya, while hundreds of people are inside the facility, killing at least 53 of them and injuring 130 others.[3] December 19 – Libya's Government of National Accord activates a cooperation accord with Turkey, allowing for a potential Turkish military intervention in the Second Libyan Civil War.[4] International and UN made efforts to reach a political solution failed due the escalation of fighting in April.[5] Deaths Main article: deaths in 2019 Further information: Category:2019 deaths References ↑ "Eastern Libya forces move west, skirmish south of Tripoli". Reuters. April 3, 2019. ↑ "'Brief skirmish' near Libya's Tripoli as Haftar's LNA heads west". Al Jazeera. April 4, 2019. ↑ "Libya migrants 'fired on after fleeing attack'". BBC. July 4, 2019. Retrieved July 12, 2019. ↑ "Libyan government activates cooperation accord with Turkey". The Guardian. December 19, 2019. ↑ "UN Postpones Libyan National Conference Due to Fighting". Voice of America. 2019-04-09. Retrieved 2025-12-24. vte Years in Libya (1943–present) Pre-1943 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 vte2019 in AfricaSovereign states Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe States with limitedrecognition Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland Dependencies, coloniesand other territories Ascension Island Mayotte Réunion Saint Helena Tristan da Cunha Western Sahara Related Articles
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