January 25 - Five Egyptian embassy staff are kidnapped in
Tripoli.[1]
February
February 5 - At least 12 people are injured in a grenade attack on a school in
Benghazi.
February 21 - 11 people are killed when a Libyan Air Force plane crashes from a suspected engine fire in
Nabeul Governorate,
Tunisia.
February 24 - Libyan police found the bodies of seven Egyptian Christians shot dead execution-style on a beach near the city of Benghazi.
March
March 11 - The Libyan Parliament sacks Prime Minister
Ali Zeidan and appoints former defense secretary
Abdullah al-Thani as acting prime minister.
March 22 - The
Libyan National Army fights with rebels occupying oil ports near Benghazi.
April
April 14 - Two sons of former Libyan dictator
Muammar Gaddafi,
Al-Saadi Gaddafi and
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, are scheduled to appear in court along with 35 other former government officials on charges of murder, embezzlement, and kidnapping during the Libyan Civil War.
May
May 18 - A group headed by
Khalifa Haftar, which includes renegade Libyan general Mokhtar Farnana,
launches an attack on the Parliament of Libya.
May 19 -
Saudi Arabia closes its embassy in Tripoli over security concerns in Libya.
General Khalifa Haftar calls on the government to hand over power to the country's top judges amid heavy fighting in the capital Tripoli.
Prime Minister
Ahmed Maiteeq refuses to step down while the Ministry of Defense issues a statement calling for the arrest of any soldiers who join Gen. Haftar’s campaign.
June
June 4 - A suicide car bomber detonates his vehicle at the residence of Khalifa Haftar in Benghazi, killing 4 of his guards and injuring another 3.
June 11 - Forces loyal to General Khalifa Haftar conduct at least three separate airstrikes on Ansar al-Sharia militia bases in Benghazi.
June 17 - United States special operations forces, in coordination with the FBI, captured
Ahmed Abu Khattala, one of the suspected leaders of the Benghazi attack, on the weekend of June 14 to June 15, 2014, in a covert mission in Libya.
June 28 - Libyan Islamist militia leader Ahmed Abu Khattala pleads not guilty in a Washington D.C. court to one charge of conspiracy in relation to the 2012 Benghazi attack in which four Americans were killed.
Warplanes of an unknown nationality bomb Islamist forces, killing ten fighters.
Tripoli International Airport is captured by Islamist militias following days of clashes with nationalist militias.
August 25 - Twice in the last seven days,
Egypt and the
United Arab Emirates have secretly teamed up to launch airstrikes against Islamist-allied militants battling for control of Tripoli according to senior American officials.
September
September 14 - A boat carrying 250 people from
Africa to
Europe sinks off the coast off
Tajoura with most people feared drowned.
October
October 6 -
ISIS prepares to establish itself in Libya and reports emerge that they are already in the city of
Derna.
October 12 - At least 21 people die in Libyan tribal clashes on the weekend.
October 20 - Pro-government forces launch an attack on Islamist militants resulting in 75 deaths in five days.
November
November 2 - The death toll surpasses 200 from fighting between loyalist troops and Islamist militias in Benghazi since an offensive launched by Khalifa Hifter began two weeks ago.
November 5 - Battles between loyalist forces and militias have killed nearly 400 in three weeks, including at least 250 deaths in Benghazi and 140 near Tripoli.
December
December 5 - Italian rescue crews discover 17 bodies in the hull of a migrant ship off Libya.
December 25 - A militia attack on a power plant in
Sirte leaves at least 19 soldiers dead.
January 25 - Five Egyptian embassy staff are kidnapped in
Tripoli.[1]
February
February 5 - At least 12 people are injured in a grenade attack on a school in
Benghazi.
February 21 - 11 people are killed when a Libyan Air Force plane crashes from a suspected engine fire in
Nabeul Governorate,
Tunisia.
February 24 - Libyan police found the bodies of seven Egyptian Christians shot dead execution-style on a beach near the city of Benghazi.
March
March 11 - The Libyan Parliament sacks Prime Minister
Ali Zeidan and appoints former defense secretary
Abdullah al-Thani as acting prime minister.
March 22 - The
Libyan National Army fights with rebels occupying oil ports near Benghazi.
April
April 14 - Two sons of former Libyan dictator
Muammar Gaddafi,
Al-Saadi Gaddafi and
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, are scheduled to appear in court along with 35 other former government officials on charges of murder, embezzlement, and kidnapping during the Libyan Civil War.
May
May 18 - A group headed by
Khalifa Haftar, which includes renegade Libyan general Mokhtar Farnana,
launches an attack on the Parliament of Libya.
May 19 -
Saudi Arabia closes its embassy in Tripoli over security concerns in Libya.
General Khalifa Haftar calls on the government to hand over power to the country's top judges amid heavy fighting in the capital Tripoli.
Prime Minister
Ahmed Maiteeq refuses to step down while the Ministry of Defense issues a statement calling for the arrest of any soldiers who join Gen. Haftar’s campaign.
June
June 4 - A suicide car bomber detonates his vehicle at the residence of Khalifa Haftar in Benghazi, killing 4 of his guards and injuring another 3.
June 11 - Forces loyal to General Khalifa Haftar conduct at least three separate airstrikes on Ansar al-Sharia militia bases in Benghazi.
June 17 - United States special operations forces, in coordination with the FBI, captured
Ahmed Abu Khattala, one of the suspected leaders of the Benghazi attack, on the weekend of June 14 to June 15, 2014, in a covert mission in Libya.
June 28 - Libyan Islamist militia leader Ahmed Abu Khattala pleads not guilty in a Washington D.C. court to one charge of conspiracy in relation to the 2012 Benghazi attack in which four Americans were killed.
Warplanes of an unknown nationality bomb Islamist forces, killing ten fighters.
Tripoli International Airport is captured by Islamist militias following days of clashes with nationalist militias.
August 25 - Twice in the last seven days,
Egypt and the
United Arab Emirates have secretly teamed up to launch airstrikes against Islamist-allied militants battling for control of Tripoli according to senior American officials.
September
September 14 - A boat carrying 250 people from
Africa to
Europe sinks off the coast off
Tajoura with most people feared drowned.
October
October 6 -
ISIS prepares to establish itself in Libya and reports emerge that they are already in the city of
Derna.
October 12 - At least 21 people die in Libyan tribal clashes on the weekend.
October 20 - Pro-government forces launch an attack on Islamist militants resulting in 75 deaths in five days.
November
November 2 - The death toll surpasses 200 from fighting between loyalist troops and Islamist militias in Benghazi since an offensive launched by Khalifa Hifter began two weeks ago.
November 5 - Battles between loyalist forces and militias have killed nearly 400 in three weeks, including at least 250 deaths in Benghazi and 140 near Tripoli.
December
December 5 - Italian rescue crews discover 17 bodies in the hull of a migrant ship off Libya.
December 25 - A militia attack on a power plant in
Sirte leaves at least 19 soldiers dead.