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in
Libya Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Suda ...
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Incumbents

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Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is ...
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Ali Zeidan Ali Zeidan (sometimes written as Zidan; ar, علي زيدان; born 15 December 1950) is a former Prime Minister of Libya. He was appointed by the General National Congress on 14 October 2012, and took office on 14 November after Congress approv ...
(until 11 March),
Abdullah al-Thani Abdullah al-Thani ( ar, عبد الله الثني  Libyan pronunciation: ) is a Libyan politician who became prime minister of the House of Representatives of Libya on 11 March 2014, when he took over in an interim capacity after the dis ...
(starting 11 March)


Events


January

* January 25 - Five Egyptian embassy staff are kidnapped in Tripoli.


February

* February 5 - At least 12 people are injured in a grenade attack on a school in
Benghazi Benghazi () , ; it, Bengasi; tr, Bingazi; ber, Bernîk, script=Latn; also: ''Bengasi'', ''Benghasi'', ''Banghāzī'', ''Binghāzī'', ''Bengazi''; grc, Βερενίκη ('' Berenice'') and ''Hesperides''., group=note (''lit. Son of he Ghaz ...
. * February 21 - 11 people are killed when a Libyan Air Force plane crashes from a suspected engine fire in
Nabeul Governorate Nabeul Governorate ( aeb, ولاية نابل ' Tunisian pronunciation: ) is one of the 24 governorates of Tunisia. It is situated in north-eastern Tunisia. It covers an area of 2,788 km2 and has a population of 787,920 (2014 census). T ...
,
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. * February 24 - Libyan police found the bodies of seven Egyptian Christians shot dead execution-style on a beach near the city of Benghazi.


March

* March 11 - The Libyan Parliament sacks Prime Minister
Ali Zeidan Ali Zeidan (sometimes written as Zidan; ar, علي زيدان; born 15 December 1950) is a former Prime Minister of Libya. He was appointed by the General National Congress on 14 October 2012, and took office on 14 November after Congress approv ...
and appoints former defense secretary
Abdullah al-Thani Abdullah al-Thani ( ar, عبد الله الثني  Libyan pronunciation: ) is a Libyan politician who became prime minister of the House of Representatives of Libya on 11 March 2014, when he took over in an interim capacity after the dis ...
as acting prime minister. * March 22 - The
Libyan National Army The Libyan National Army (LNA; ar, الجيش الوطني الليبي, ''al-jaysh al-waṭaniyy al-Lībii'') is a component of Libya's military forces which were nominally a unified national force under the command of Field Marshal Khalifa H ...
fights with rebels occupying oil ports near Benghazi.


April

* April 14 - Two sons of former Libyan dictator
Muammar Gaddafi Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi, . Due to the lack of standardization of transcribing written and regionally pronounced Arabic, Gaddafi's name has been romanized in various ways. A 1986 column by '' The Straight Dope'' lists 32 spellin ...
,
Al-Saadi Gaddafi Al-Saadi Muammar Gaddafi , also spelt as Al-Saadi Moammer Al-Gaddafi ( ar, الساعدي معمر القذافي; born 25 May 1973) is a Libyan retired professional football player. He captained the national team, but his career was widely att ...
and
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi Saif al-Islam Muammar al-Gaddafi ( ar, سيف الإسلام معمر القذافي; born 25 June 1972) is a Libyan political figure. He is the second son of the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and his second wife Safia Farkash. He was a p ...
, are scheduled to appear in court along with 35 other former government officials on charges of murder, embezzlement, and kidnapping during the Libyan Civil War.


May

* May 18 - A group headed by
Khalifa Haftar Field Marshal Khalifa Belqasim Haftar ( ar, خليفة بلقاسم حفتر, Ḵalīfa Bilqāsim Ḥaftar; born 7 November 1943) is a Libyan-American politician, military officer, and the commander of the Tobruk-based Libyan National Army (LN ...
, which includes renegade Libyan general Mokhtar Farnana, launches an attack on the Parliament of Libya. * May 19 -
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the Ara ...
closes its embassy in Tripoli over security concerns in Libya. * May 21 - Libyan Civil War (2014–present) ** General Khalifa Haftar calls on the government to hand over power to the country's top judges amid heavy fighting in the capital Tripoli. ** Prime Minister
Ahmed Maiteeq Ahmed Omar Maiteeg ( ar, أحمد عمر معيتيق) is a Libyan businessman and politician originally from Misrata, who was elected Prime Minister of Libya in May 2014. He was appointed head of the transitional government, and asked to form h ...
refuses to step down while the Ministry of Defense issues a statement calling for the arrest of any soldiers who join Gen. Haftar’s campaign.


June

* June 4 - A suicide car bomber detonates his vehicle at the residence of Khalifa Haftar in Benghazi, killing 4 of his guards and injuring another 3. * June 11 - Forces loyal to General Khalifa Haftar conduct at least three separate airstrikes on Ansar al-Sharia militia bases in Benghazi. * June 17 - United States special operations forces, in coordination with the FBI, captured
Ahmed Abu Khattala Ahmed Salim Faraj Abu Khattala (born May 7, 1971) is an incarcerated Libyan, who commanded a small militia during the 2011 uprising against Qaddafi. He participated in the 2012 Benghazi attack on the American diplomatic mission at Benghazi, in whic ...
, one of the suspected leaders of the Benghazi attack, on the weekend of June 14 to June 15, 2014, in a covert mission in Libya. * June 28 - Libyan Islamist militia leader Ahmed Abu Khattala pleads not guilty in a Washington D.C. court to one charge of conspiracy in relation to the 2012 Benghazi attack in which four Americans were killed.


July

* July 13 - Islamist militias attack the Zintan Brigade which controls
Tripoli International Airport Tripoli International Airport () is a closed international airport built to serve Tripoli, the capital city of Libya. The airport is located in the area of Qasr bin Ghashir, from central Tripoli. It used to be the hub for Libyan Airlines, ...
triggering fierce clashes that result in six deaths. * July 20 - Islamist militia renew their attack on Tripoli International Airport. * July 26 - The United States evacuates its embassy in Tripoli amid concerns about deteriorating security conditions. * July 27 - Post-civil war violence in Libya ** Intense fighting in Benghazi between the Libyan Army and local Islamist militias leaves 38 dead, mostly soldiers. ** A rocket attack in Tripoli kills 23 Egyptian workers amid increased fighting in the city for control of an airport. * July 28 - A huge fire at the National Oil Corp. depot started by a stray rocket threatens Tripoli. * July 30 - Islamist militias capture a special forces base in Benghazi.


August

* August 23 -
Second Libyan Civil War {{Infobox military conflict , conflict = Second Libyan Civil War , partof = the Arab Winter, Libyan Crisis, Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict, War on terror, and Qatar–Saudi Arabia diplomatic conflict , image ...
** Warplanes of an unknown nationality bomb Islamist forces, killing ten fighters. ** Tripoli International Airport is captured by Islamist militias following days of clashes with nationalist militias. * August 25 - Twice in the last seven days,
Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning the North Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via a land bridg ...
and the
United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (Middle East, The Middle East). It is ...
have secretly teamed up to launch airstrikes against Islamist-allied militants battling for control of Tripoli according to senior American officials.


September

* September 14 - A boat carrying 250 people from
Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...
to
Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a Continent#Subcontinents, subcontinent of Eurasia ...
sinks off the coast off Tajoura with most people feared drowned.


October

* October 6 -
ISIS Isis (; ''Ēse''; ; Meroitic: ''Wos'' 'a''or ''Wusa''; Phoenician: 𐤀𐤎, romanized: ʾs) was a major goddess in ancient Egyptian religion whose worship spread throughout the Greco-Roman world. Isis was first mentioned in the Old Kin ...
prepares to establish itself in Libya and reports emerge that they are already in the city of Derna. * October 12 - At least 21 people die in Libyan tribal clashes on the weekend. * October 20 - Pro-government forces launch an attack on Islamist militants resulting in 75 deaths in five days.


November

* November 2 - The death toll surpasses 200 from fighting between loyalist troops and Islamist militias in Benghazi since an offensive launched by Khalifa Hifter began two weeks ago. * November 5 - Battles between loyalist forces and militias have killed nearly 400 in three weeks, including at least 250 deaths in Benghazi and 140 near Tripoli.


December

* December 5 - Italian rescue crews discover 17 bodies in the hull of a migrant ship off Libya. * December 25 - A militia attack on a power plant in
Sirte Sirte (; ar, سِرْت, ), also spelled Sirt, Surt, Sert or Syrte, is a city in Libya. It is located south of the Gulf of Sirte, between Tripoli and Benghazi. It is famously known for its battles, ethnic groups, and loyalty to Muammar ...
leaves at least 19 soldiers dead.


References

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Libya Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Suda ...
Libya Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Suda ...
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