Libyan Civil War (2015—17) (HL)

Libyan Civil War
Map of the situation as of February 2015
Date 24 January 2015 — 7 July 2017 Location Libya Result Pro-parliament victory The New General National Congress is dissolved Territorial changes Islamists lose all territory in Libya
Belligerents
Libyan Government Libyan National Army Libyan Ground Forces Libyan Air Force Libyan Navy Various regional tribes Supported by: Egypt Iraq Syria United Arab Emirates Iran Algeria Afghanistan China Brazil India CSTO Russia Belarus Kazakhstan Armenia Tajikistan	New General National Congress Libya Shield Force Misrata brigades Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries Libya Shield 1 Ansar Al-Sharia Supported by: Qatar Bahrain Saudi Arabia Oman Turkey United States (denied by the US)	Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
Commanders
Khalifa Haftar Commander of the Libyan National Army Hassan Ali Bushnak Libyan naval chief of staff Saqr Geroushi Libyan air chief of staff Wanes Abu Khamadah Libyan special forces commander Aguila Saleh Issa Parliament president	Nouri Abusahmain President of the GNC Omar Al-Hasi Prime minister
Strength
210,000—236,000 soldiers, 60,000 policemen 50,000 Arab volunteers	87,000—103,000 militants 41,000 Islamic jihadists
Casualties and losses
37,000 killed and wounded, 11,000 missing 120+ tanks destroyed, 40+ aircraft destroyed, 7 ships destroyed	41,000 killed and wounded, 20,000 defected or deserted, unknown vehicle losses

The Libyan Civil War, also called the Second Libyan Civil War or Libyan Conflict, is a conflict that broke out in Libya in early 2015 as a result of the Islamist radicals seizing power and attempting to impose Sharia law in the country. The main Islamist faction, the New General National Congress, was ousted in a coup d'état in early 2015 by the Libyan National Army loyal to General Khalifa Haftar, Which was backed and directed by the new parliament. As the Islamists refused to step down and recognize the new parliament as the legitimate leadership, they declared war on them and began preparing for military operations in late January 2015. The National Army began a counterattack against them at that time.

Background

Further campaigns

On 24 February, the city of Bani Waled was taken by government forces after a short battle. It was defended by some 500 militants, and fell in less than a day.