Libyan Civil War

Years 2011 2012 Battle deaths 1,928 During 2011 Libya was engulfed in a conflict over governmental power; the incumbent leader col. Muammar Gaddafi was challenged as the wave of popular uprisings; the Arab Spring. The protests in Libya quickly evolved to an organized and armed opposition operating from the eastern city Benghazi. After a much debated resolution, resolution 1973, was passed by the Security Council of the UN a no fly zone was established. The enforcement of the no fly zone came into effect on the 17 March 2011. Despite the aerial support the Libyan rebels; the National Transitional Council (NTC) became involved in a protracted conflict with Gaddafis troops. After just short of half a years fighting the Libyan capital Tripoli came under NTCs control. Two months after that, in October 2011 Gaddafi himself was found and fatally shot. The killing of Gaddafi effectively ended the conflict in Libya.