who was involved in the libyan civil war
Libyan Civil War (2011) The first Libyan Civil War, also referred to as the Libyan Revolution[32] or 17 February Revolution,[33] was an armed conflict in 2011, in the North African country of Libya, fought between forces loyal to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi and those seeking to oust his government.[34][35] The war was preceded by protests in Zawiya on 8 August 2009, and finally ignited by protests in Benghazi beginning on Tuesday, 15 February 2011, which led to clashes with security forces that fired on the crowd.[36] The protests escalated into a rebellion that spread across the country,[37] with the forces opposing Gaddafi establishing an interim governing body, the National Transitional Council.