# List of wars involving Libya

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 |
| Cretan War (1645-1699) | Ottoman Empire Tripolitania Regency of Algiers Tunis | Venice Knights of Malta  Papal States  France Greek revolutionaries | Ottoman Victory Crete conquered by the Ottoman Empire |
| French-Tripolitania War (1681-1685) | Tripolitania Tunisia | France | Defeat |
| Maghrebi war (1699–1702) | Tripolitania Tunisia Sultanate of Morocco | Deylik of Algiers | Defeat |
| Siege of Tripoli (1705) | Tripolitania | Tunisia | Tripolitanian Victory |
| Tripolitanian civil war (1790–1795) | Karamanli Tripolitania | Ottoman Tripolitania | Karamanli Victory |
| Action of 16 May 1797 | Tripolitania | Denmark-Norway | Victory |
| First Barbary War (1801–1805) | Tripolitania | United States Sweden Sicily | Peace treaty The United States paying ransom Tripolitania ships allowed to inspect American ships Freeing prisoners of American ships |
| Battle of Tripoli (1825) | Tripolitania | Sardinia | Defeat |
| Bombardment of Tripoli (1828) | Tripolitania | Kingdom of the Two Sicilies | Victory |
| Italo-Turkish War (1911-1912) | tripolitania | italy | defeat |
| Italian invasion of Libya (1911) | Senusiyya  Ottoman Empire | Italy | Defeat Italian annexation of Libya |

## Colonial period (1911-1951)

| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
| First Italo-Senussi War (1911–1917) | Senussi | Italy  United Kingdom | Defeat Libyan resistance put down |
| Second Italo-Senussi War (1923–1932) | Senussi | Italy | Defeat Stabilization of Italian rule in Libya |
| North African Campaign (1940–1943) | United Kingdom Libyan Arab Force  India  Egypt  Canada  Australia  New Zealand  South Africa | Italy Italian Libya  Germany | Allied Victory |

## Libyan Kingdom (1951-1969)

| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
| Battle of Essien (1957) | Libya FLN | France | Victory |

## Libyan Arab Republic (1969-1977)

| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
| 1969 Libyan revolution | Free Officers Movement | Kingdom of Libya Cyrenaican Defence Force (CYDEF) | Regime Change |
| First Sudanese Civil War (1970) | Sudan  Libya | ALF Anyanya | Stalemate Addis Ababa Agreement |
| Invasion of Uganda (1972) | Uganda  Libya | FRONASA | Victory Invasion by Obote loyalists repelled |
| Lebanese Civil War (1976) | ADF  Syrian Arab Republic  Saudi Arabia  Sudan  United Arab Emirates  Libya  South Yemen | LF | Withdrawal Libyan forces essentially abandoned Eventual termination of ADF mandate |

## Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (1977-2011)

| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
| Egyptian–Libyan War (1977) | Libya | Egypt | Ceasefire |
| Uganda–Tanzania War (1978–1979) | Uganda Libya | Tanzania UNLA Mozambique | Defeat Overthrow of Idi Amin in Uganda |
| Chadian–Libyan conflict (1978–1987) | Libya FROLINAT GUNT | FAT FAN FANT  France  Zaire | Defeat Islamic Legion pushed out of Chad Chad gained control of the Aouzou Strip |
| United States bombing of Libya (1986) | Libya | United States | Both sides claimed victory Ground targets destroyed Failed Libyan Scud missile response Survival of the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi 188 Libyan rockets strike the island of Lampedusa in retaliation |
| Second Sudanese Civil War (1986–1988) | Sudan Janjawed SSDF Nuer White Army SPLA-Nasir LRA  Libya | SPLA SPDF SSLM Anyanya II Eastern Front | Stalemate Libyan withdrawal in 1988 2011 referendum and independence of the Republic of South Sudan |
| 2008 Kufra conflict (2008) | Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | Toubou Front for the Salvation of Libya | Victory |

## State of Libya (2011-present)

| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
| First Libyan Civil War (2011) | Libyan Government | NTC  NATO  France  United Kingdom  United States  Belgium  Canada  Denmark  Netherlands  Norway  Spain  Turkey  Jordan  Qatar  Sweden  United Arab Emirates | Regime change Muammar Gaddafi killed NTC assumes interim control of Libya Post-civil war violence in Libya |
| Second Libyan Civil War (2014–2020) | HoR  Russia Gaddafi loyalists  United States  United Kingdom  Egypt  United Arab Emirates | GNA  Turkey  Qatar Tuareg militias Toubou Front | Ceasefire Government of National Unity formed in 2021 Islamic State presence minimized LNA failed to capture Tripoli |