Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A ranar 21 ga Fabrairun 2011, a farkon yakin basasar Libiya na farko, jiragen yaki biyu na Sojojin Sama na Libiya sun tsere zuwa Malta maimakon kai hare-hare kan masu zanga-zanga a Benghazi. Gwamnatin Malta ta ƙi ba da matukan jirgi ko mayar da jirgin sama zuwa Libya da sauri ta kafa jihar tsibirin a matsayin maƙwabcin maƙwabcin gwamnatin Gaddafi a tsakiyar tayar da hankalin Libya. Malta kuma ta daidaita kwashe dubun dubatar ma'aikatan kasashen waje da suka shiga cikin rikici; kuma ya taka rawar gani a baya.
shiga tsakani na kasa da kasa a cikin rikici.