Libyan civil war (2014-2020)

The Libyan civil war of 2014 to 2020, also called the Second Libyan Civil War, was a multilateral civil war fought in Libya among a number of armed groups, chiefly the House of Representatives, based in the east and loyal to the Libyan National Army, and the Government of National Accord in Tripoli. It began when the General National Congress rejected the results of the 2014 election and the House of Representatives set up its parliament in Tobruk under the protection of Khalifa Haftar. The Libyan Political Agreement of December 2015 created the Government of National Accord, and in April 2019 Haftar ordered an advance on Tripoli. Islamic State provinces in Libya lost their main territory after the 2016 offensive around Sirte. On 23 October 2020 the 5+5 Joint Libyan Military Commission reached a permanent ceasefire agreement, and an interim unity government was formed on 10 March 2021.