Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A farkon 2011, yakin basasa ya ɓarke a cikin mahallin mafi girma na "Arab Spring". Dakarun anti-Gaddafi sun kafa kwamiti mai suna National Transitional Council, a ranar 27 ga Fabrairun 2011. An yi nufin yin aiki a matsayin ikon wucin gadi a yankunan da 'yan tawaye ke sarrafawa. Bayan da gwamnati ta fara janye 'yan tawaye kuma bangarorin biyu sun aikata munanan ayyuka, wata kawance ta kasa da kasa
jagorancin dakarun NATO sun shiga tsakani a ranar 21 ga Maris, 2011, a fili don kare fararen hula daga hare-haren da sojojin gwamnati suka yi. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan haka, Kotun hukunta manyan laifuka ta duniya ta ba da umarnin kama Gaddafi da mabiyansa a ranar 27 ga Yuni, 2011. An hambarar da Gaddafi daga mulki bayan faduwar Tripoli ga dakarun 'yan tawaye a ranar 20 ga Agusta 2011, kodayake aljihunan juriya da dakarun da ke biyayya ga gwamnatin Gaddafi suka gudanar har tsawon watanni biyu, musamman a garin Gaddafi na Sirte, wanda ya ayyana sabon babban birnin Libya a ranar 1 ga Satumba 2011. Gwamnatinsa ta Jamahiriya ta ƙare a watan da ya biyo baya, wanda ya ƙare a ranar 20 ga Oktoba 2011 tare da kama Sirte, hare-haren NATO a kan tawagar tserewa na Gaddafi, da kuma kashe shi da mayakan 'yan tawaye.