Mezue ahịrịokwu a: N'afọ 2011, Muammar Gaddafi na-achị Libya kemgbe afọ 1969. N'ọnwa Febụwarị nke afọ 2011, n'etiti "Arab Spring", mgbanwe malitere megide ya, gbasaa site na obodo nke abụọ Benghazi (ebe e guzobere gọọmentị nwa oge na 27 Febụwarị), na isi obodo Tripoli, na-akpata agha obodo Libya (2011). N'abalị iri na asaa n'ọnwa Machị, e mere mkpebi United Nations Security Council nke afọ 1973, nke nyere ikike ka e nwee mpaghara ebe a na-agaghị efe efe na Libya, na "ihe niile dị mkpa" iji chebe ndị nkịtị. Ụbọchị abụọ mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị, France, United States na United Kingdom bidoro mkparịta ụka ahụ.
N'afọ 2011, ndị agha Libya tinyere aka na Operation Odyssey Dawn, ndị agha mmiri nke US na ndị agha mmiri nke Britain gbara ihe karịrị 110 Tomahawk cruise missiles, ndị agha ụgbọelu nke France na nke Britain na-eme njem gafee Libya na mgbochi ụgbọ mmiri site n'aka ndị agha nke Coalition. N'oge na-adịghị anya, mba iri abụọ na asaa ndị si Yurop na mba ndị dị n'Etiti Ebe Ọwụwa Anyanwụ Ụwa sonyeere ndị agha NATO, nke a kpọrọ Operation Unified Protector. Gọọmentị Gaddafi dara n'ọnwa Ọgọstụ, na-ahapụ National Transitional Council dị ka gọọmentị de facto, yana nnabata UN. E jidere Gaddafi ma gbuo ya n'ọnwa Ọktoba site n'aka ndị agha National Transitional Council ma kwụsị ọrụ NATO. Ọgba aghara gara n'ihu, nke mechara duga n'agha obodo Libya.