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Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results Leader/Head of State Libyan losses
Military Civilians
First Italo-Senussi War
(1911–1917)
Senussi  Italy
 United Kingdom
Defeat
  • Libyan resistance put down
None[1]
?
?
Second Italo-Senussi War
(1923–1932)
Senussi  Italy Defeat
  • Stabilization of Italian rule in Libya[2]
80,000+[3]
First Sudanese Civil War
(1970)[4]
 Sudan
 Libya
ALF
Anyanya
Stalemate[5]
Muammar Gaddafi
?
?
Libyan–Egyptian War
(1977)
Libya Libya Egypt Egypt Defeat[6]
?
?
Uganda–Tanzania War
(1978–1979)
Uganda Uganda
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Libya
State of Palestine PLO
 Tanzania
Uganda UNLA
Mozambique Mozambique
Defeat
~600[8]
None
Chadian–Libyan Conflict
(1978–1987)
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Libya
Chad FROLINAT
Chad GUNT
Chad FAT
Chad FAN
Chad FANT
 France
 Zaire
Defeat
7,500+
?
Bombing of Libya
(1986)
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Libya United States Defeat[9]
  • Ground targets destroyed
45[10]
15-30[10]
First Libyan Civil War
(2011)
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Libyan Government Libya NTC
 NATO

 Jordan
 Qatar
 Sweden
 UAE

Regime change
13,400–24,000[11]
Second Libyan Civil War
(2014–)
Libya HoR
United States
 United Kingdom
 Egypt
 UAE
Libya GNA
Tuareg militias
Toubou Front
Gaddafi loyalists
Libya NSA
Shura Council
Islamic State Islamic State
Ongoing
  • Libya divided between three governments
  • Islamic State presence minimized
Aguila Saleh Issa
10,000+[12]

References

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  1. ^ The Senussi Order was led by Omar Mukhtar.
  2. ^ Nina Consuelo Epton, Oasis Kingdom: The Libyan Story (New York: Roy Publishers, 1953), p. 126.
  3. ^ Mann, Michael (2006). The Dark Side of Democracy: Explaining Ethnic Cleansing. Cambridge University Press. p. 309. ISBN 9780521538541.
  4. ^ Poggo, S. First Sudanese Civil War: Africans, Arabs, and Israelis in the Southern Sudan 1955-1972, p. 166. S.l.: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
  5. ^ Shinn, David H, "Addis Ababa Agreement: was it destined to fail and are there lessons for the Current Sudan Peace Process?", p. 242
  6. ^ "Countrystudies - Libya and Arab Unity". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  7. ^ Cooper, Tom (13 November 2003). "Libyan Mirage-Order". Western & Northern Africa Database: Libya & Egypt, 1971-1979. Air Combat Information Group. Archived from the original on 21 March 2013.
  8. ^ Acheson-Brown, Daniel G. (2001). "The Tanzanian Invasion of Uganda: A Just War?" (PDF). International Third World Studies Journal and Review. 12: 1–11. Retrieved November 2, 2018.
  9. ^ Martel, William C. Victory in War: Foundations of Modern Military Policy, p. 162. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011.
  10. ^ a b Pollack, Kenneth M. Arabs At War, Military Effectiveness 1948–1991 University of Nebraska Press, 2002
    1 French Embassy was hit
  11. ^ Ian Black, Middle East editor (8 January 2013). "Libyan revolution casualties lower than expected, says new government". London: Guardian. Retrieved 2 October 2013. {{cite news}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  12. ^ "Realtime Data (2017)". ACLED.