Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Libya ta sha wahala sosai daga Spring Spring. Zanga-zangar adawa da gwamnati ta barke a Benghazi, Libya, a watan Fabrairun 2011, kuma gwamnatin Gaddafi ta mayar da martani da karfin soja. Gwamnatin Obama da farko ta yi tsayayya da kiraye-kirayen da aka yi na daukar tsauraran matakai amma ta yi kasa a gwiwa bayan da Kungiyar Larabawa ta bukaci tsoma bakin kasashen yamma a Libya. A watan Maris na shekarar 2011, martani na kasa da kasa ga yunkurin sojan Gaddafi ya kai ga kudurin Majalisar Dinkin Duniya don aiwatar da yankin da ba a tashi ba a Libya. Obama ya ba da izinin sojojin Amurka su shiga hare-haren sama na kasa da kasa
a kan kariyar iska ta Libya ta amfani da makamai masu linzami na Tomahawk don kafa yankin kariya. NATO ce ke jagorantar aikin, amma Sweden da kasashen Larabawa uku suma sun halarci aikin. Tare da goyon bayan haɗin gwiwa, 'yan tawaye sun kama Tripoli a watan Agusta mai zuwa. Yaƙin na Libya ya ƙare da hambarar da gwamnatin Gaddafi, amma Libya ta sami rikici bayan yakin basasa. Shiga tsakani na Obama a Libya ya haifar da suka daga mambobin Majalisa kuma ya haifar da muhawara game da amfani da War Powers Resolution. A watan Satumbar 2012, mayakan Islama sun kai hari kan ofishin jakadancin Amurka a Benghazi, inda suka kashe Jakadan J. Christopher Stevens da wasu Amurkawa uku. 'Yan Republican sun soki yadda gwamnatin Obama ta gudanar da harin Benghazi, kuma sun kafa wani kwamiti na musamman a majalisar don bincika harin. Bayan shugabancinsa, Obama ya yarda da "mafi munin kuskuren" shugabancinsa shi ne rashin iya hango sakamakon hambarar da Gaddafi.