Back القوات المسلحة الليبية Arabic القوات المسلحة الليبية ARZ Узброеныя сілы Лівіі Byelorussian Forces Armades de Líbia Catalan Streitkräfte Libyens German Fuerzas Armadas de Libia Spanish نیروهای مسلح لیبی Persian צבא לוב HE Líbia hadereje Hungarian Forze armate libiche Italian
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| Libyan Armed Forces | |
|---|---|
| Arabic: القوات المسلحة الليبية | |
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| Founded | 1951 |
| Current form | 2021 |
| Service branches |  Libyan Ground Forces Libyan Navy Libyan Air Force |
| Headquarters | Tripoli |
| Leadership | |
| Commander-in-Chief | Mohamed al-Menfi |
| Minister of Defence | Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh |
| Chief of the General Staff | Mohamed Ali al-Haddad |
| Personnel | |
| Military age | 18 (2012)[1] |
| Active personnel | c. 32,000 |
| Industry | |
| Foreign suppliers | |
| Related articles | |
| Ranks | Military ranks of Libya |
The Libyan Armed Forces (Arabic: القوات المسلحة الليبية) or the Libyan Arab Armed Forces (Arabic: القوات المسلحة العربية الليبية)[2] are, in principle, the state organisation responsible for the military defence of Libya, including ground, air and naval forces.[3]
The original army under the Libyan monarchy of King Idris I was trained by the United Kingdom and the United States. Since Muammar Gaddafi rose to power in 1969, Libya received military assistance from the Soviet Union. The Libyan military fought in several wars, including the Libyan–Egyptian War (1977) and the Chadian–Libyan conflict (1978–1987).
After the 2011 civil war and the fall of Gaddafi, the armed forces consisted mostly of local militias that were frequently created or ceased to be active and made temporary shifting alliances.[4] During 2015–2018, after Khalifa Haftar was appointed in 2015 by the Libyan parliament in Tobruk as the supreme commander of the armed forces, he unified many militias into a regular hierarchical structure in the eastern part of Libya that became known as the core of the Libyan National Army (LNA).[4]
As of November 2019[update], the regular core of the LNA (about 7000 soldiers) was complemented by Salafist militias and foreign mercenaries (about 18000 soldiers).[5][4]: 7 As of 2019[update], the internationally recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) retained formal control of the militias nominally constituting the Libyan Army, while the Libyan Air Force was split into LNA and GNA controlled components.[4] The naval and coast guard forces were mostly under GNA control.[6] with some coastal patrol boats under LNA control.[4] In 2021, all the armed forces branches (except for the Haftar's forces) were under command of the new President of Libya, Mohamed al-Menfi from Government of National Unity after the Second Libyan Civil War ceasefire.
- ^ Libya – The CIA World Factbook
- ^ Studies, Institute for Security. "Libya's war becomes a tech battleground". Retrieved 2023-02-10.
- ^ Africa :: Libya -- The World Factbook. CIA.
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