Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Yakin basasa na Libya ya fara ne a ranar 17 ga Fabrairu 2011 a matsayin zanga-zangar farar hula kuma daga baya ya zama babban tashin hankali. A tsakiyar watan Agusta, dakarun anti-Gaddafi da haɗin gwiwar haɗin gwiwar ƙasashen duniya da NATO ke jagoranta
sun kasance masu tasowa a Tripolitania, suna fitowa daga tsaunukan Nafusa da ke kudu don su kai farmaki zuwa gabar teku da kuma ci gaba daga Misrata a kan biranen da ƙauyuka masu aminci daga arewa da gabas.