List of wars involving Libya
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This is a list of wars involving the State of Libya and its predecessor states.
Ottoman Tripolitania (1551-1911)
| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Action Of 1561[1] |  Ottoman Tripolitania |
 Spanish Empire |
Tripolitanian victory
• Spanish galleys rooted |
| Cretan War
(1645-1669) |
Ottoman Victory
| ||
| French-Tripolitania War (1681-1685) | .svg){kind=small} Tripolitania Tunis |
 France |
French victory |
| Maghrebi war (1699–1702) |  Beylik of Tunis Sultanate of Morocco Regency of Tripoli |
 Regency of Algiers |
Algerian victory[3]
|
| Siege of Tripoli (1705) | Tripolitanian victory | ||
| Tripolitanian civil war
(1790–1795) |
1790–1793
1793–1795 |
1790–1793 Ali ibn Mehmed Hamet Karamanli
1793–1795 |
Karamanli victory |
| Action of 16 May 1797 |  Denmark–Norway |
Victory | |
| Barbary Wars
(1801–1815) |
|
|
Inconclusive |
| First Barbary War
(1801–1805) |
Ottoman Tripolitania[6][7] Morocco (1802) |
Peace treaty
| |
| Battle of Tripoli (1825) | Sardinian victory:
| ||
| Bombardment of Tripoli (1828) | Tripolitanian victory | ||
| Italo-Turkish War (1911-1912) |  Ottoman Empire Senussi Order |
 Italy |
Italian victory
|
| Italian invasion of Libya
(1911) |
Ottoman Empire Senussi Order |
Kingdom of Italy |
Italian victory |
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Colonial period (1911-1951)
| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Italo-Senussi War
(1911–1917) |
Senussi |
Italy
|
Defeat
|
| Second Italo-Senussi War
(1923–1932) |
Senussi Order Tripolitanian rebels Fezzan rebels |
Italian victory
| |
| North African Campaign
(1940–1943) |
 Vichy France[b]
|
Allied victory
|
Libyan Kingdom (1951-1969)
Libyan Arab Republic (1969-1977)
| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 Libyan revolution |  Free Officers Movement |
Free Officers victory
| |
| First Sudanese Civil War
(1955-1972) |
|
|
Stalemate[30] |
| Invasion of Uganda
(1972)[31] |
|
Ugandan government victory
| |
| Lebanese Civil War
(1976) |
 ADF
|
 LF |
Withdrawal
|
Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (1977-2011)
| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egyptian–Libyan War
(1977) |
 Egypt |
Ceasefire | |
| Uganda–Tanzania War
(1978–1979) |
|
 Tanzania Uganda National Liberation Front MozambiqueSupported by:  Zambia Angola Ethiopia Algeria |
Tanzanian victory
|
| Chadian–Libyan conflict
(1978–1987) |
Pro-Libyan Palestinian and Lebanese groups[34] Supported by: |
|
Defeat
|
| United States bombing of Libya
(1986) |
Both sides claimed victory[41]
| ||
| Second Sudanese Civil War
(1986–1988) |
Combat aid:  Libya (1986–1991)[50][51]Non-combat aid: |
|
Stalemate
|
| Second Congo War (1998-2003) | Victory | ||
| 2008 Kufra conflict
(2008) |
Victory |
State of Libya (2011-present)
| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Libyan Civil War
(2011) |
|
Libyan opposition/NATO victory
| |
| War against the Islamic State (2013–present) |
In multiple regions:
In Iraq In Syria
In Libya
In Afghanistan
In West Africa |
|
Ongoing; IS militarily defeated in Iraq, Syria and Libya
|
| Second Libyan Civil War
(2014–2020) |
  House of Representatives (Tobruk-based)[83][84]
Others:
|
Others:
Support:
Support:
 al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb(2014–2017)[183]  Shura Council ofBenghazi Revolutionaries (2014–2017)[184][185] SCBR militia:
|
Ceasefire
|
See also
Notes
- November 1942 to May 1943.
- 8–11 November 1942. Vichy officially pursued a policy of armed neutrality and conducted military actions against armed incursions from Axis and Allied belligerents. The pledging of allegiance of the Vichy troops in French North Africa to the Allies convinced the Axis that Vichy could not be trusted to continue this policy, so they invaded and occupied the French rump state (Case Anton)
- Some sources variously date the end of the period to c.1979 or F1990, particularly Yemeni unification, the end of the Lebanese Civil War, the Gulf War or the end of the Western Sahara War. Some sources say ongoing.
- Iraqi support for Sudan during the war mostly consisted of weapons shipments;[47] according to the South Sudanese, however, at least one unit of Iraqi paratroopers fought alongside the SAF near Juba. About 200 Iraqi soldiers were allegedly killed, and the site of their remains became known as "Jebel Iraqi".[48] The International Institute for Strategic Studies also stated that Iraqi forces fought alongside Sudanese government troops.[49]