2019 in Libya
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The following events occurred in Libya in the year 2019.
Incumbents
Events
- April 4 – Second Libyan Civil War: The Libyan National Army (LNA) launches a surprise offensive in western Libya, moving units towards the Government of National Accord-held capital Tripoli and capturing Gharyan.[1][2]
- July 3 – 2019 Tajoura migrant center airstrike: An airstrike by Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army hits the Tajoura Detention Center outside Tripoli, Libya, while hundreds of people are inside the facility, killing at least 53 of them and injures 130 others.[3]
- December 19 – Libya's Government of National Accord activates a cooperation accord with Turkey, allowing for a potential Turkish military intervention in the Second Libyan Civil War.[4]
Deaths
References
- ^ "Eastern Libya forces move west, skirmish south of Tripoli". Reuters. April 3, 2019.
- ^ "'Brief skirmish' near Libya's Tripoli as Haftar's LNA heads west". Al Jazeera. April 4, 2019.
- ^ "Libya migrants 'fired on after fleeing attack'". BBC. July 4, 2019. Retrieved July 12, 2019.
- ^ "Libyan government activates cooperation accord with Turkey". The Guardian. December 19, 2019.
