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 |
Egypt |
Defeat[6]
|
? |
? |
Uganda–Tanzania War (1978–1979) |
Uganda Libya PLO |
Tanzania UNLA Mozambique |
Defeat
|
~600[8] |
None |
Chadian–Libyan Conflict (1978–1987) |
Libya FROLINAT GUNT |
FAT FAN FANT France Zaire |
Defeat
|
7,500+ |
? |
Bombing of Libya (1986) |
Libya |
United States |
Defeat[9]
|
45[10] |
15-30[10] |
First Libyan Civil War (2011) |
Libyan Government |
NTC NATO
Jordan Qatar Sweden UAE |
Regime change
|
13,400–24,000[11] |
Second Libyan Civil War (2014–) |
HoR United States United Kingdom Egypt UAE GNA Tuareg militias Toubou Front Gaddafi loyalists |
NSA Shura Council Islamic State |
Ongoing
- Libya divided between three governments
- Islamic State presence minimized
|
Aguila Saleh Issa |
10,000+[12] |