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. Bayan da sojoji suka shiga tsakani
jagorancin Faransa, Ingila, da Amurka (kuma daga baya NATO) a ranar 19 ga Maris ya juya rikici a karo na biyu na Benghazi, sojojin anti-Gaddafi sun sake haɗuwa kuma sun kafa iko akan Misrata da mafi yawan tsaunukan Nafusa a Tripolitania da kuma yawancin yankin gabashin Cyrenaica. A tsakiyar watan Mayu, a ƙarshe sun karya kewaye da Misrata.