Kammala wannan jumla: Tashin hankalin jama'a a kan gwamnatin Gaddafi ya fara ne a watan Janairun 2011 a matsayin zanga-zangar rashin nuna karfi, a lokaci guda tare da sauran zanga-zangar a cikin Spring Spring. A cikin makonni, tashin hankali ya barke a cikin arangama tsakanin 'yan sanda da masu zanga-zanga. A watan Fabrairun, an kafa majalisar rikon kwarya ta kasa (NTC) a kokarin da ake yi na karfafa kokarin kawo sauyi a mulkin Libya. Sojojin Gaddafi sun rasa ikon birane da yawa a gabashin Libya, kuma wasu jami'ai sun yi murabus ko suka yi watsi da gwamnatinsa. A watan Maris, sojojin Gaddafi sun kaddamar da hare-hare, kuma sun sake dawo da yawancin biranen da aka rasa ga 'yan adawa. A tsakiyar watan Maris, tankunan sojojin Gaddafi sun yi birgima cikin babban ragowar sojojin adawa, Benghazi. A lokaci guda, jirgin sama na Sojan Sama na Faransa ya shiga sararin samaniyar Libya a karkashin umarnin Majalisar Tsaro ta Majalisar Dinkin Duniya 1973, don hana duk wani hari a kan garin. Ƙungiya ta ƙasashe da yawa ta kaddamar da wani babban jirgin sama mai suna
shiga tsakani na soja don musaki karfin sojin gwamnatin Gaddafi da kuma aiwatar da kudurin Kwamitin Tsaro na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya. A ƙarshen Maris, NATO ta ɗauki umarnin ayyukan haɗin gwiwa a ƙarƙashin Operation Unified Protector.