Libya since the insurrection
February 15-16, 2011: Inspired by revolts in other Arab countries, a revolt erupts in Libya’s second-biggest city Benghazi. February 17: Known as Day of Anger. Demonstrations are heavily cracked down on in Benghazi and in Al-Baida. February 21: Two...
February 15-16, 2011: Inspired by revolts in other Arab countries, a revolt erupts in Libya’s second-biggest city Benghazi.
February 17: Known as Day of Anger. Demonstrations are heavily cracked down on in Benghazi and in Al-Baida.
February 21: Two Libyan fighter jet pilots land in Malta claiming to have escaped the country after being asked to bomb protester civilians in Benghazi.
March 10: France recognises the rebel National Transitional Council set up in February by the opposition in Benghazi.
March 19: French, US and British forces launch UN-mandated air strikes pushing back troops loyal to Muammar Gaddafi threatening Benghazi.
March 31: Nato takes over formal command of the military operation.
May 11: Freedom fighters free Libya’s third largest city of Misurata, capturing the airport.
August 20: Start of rebel offensive in Tripoli.
August 23: Freedom fighters enter Col Gaddafi’s fortified headquarters but find no trace of the strongman or his sons.
September 2: The Prime Minister of the Libyan provisional government, Mahmoud Jibril, visits Malta.
September 16: The UN gives Libya’s seat to the NTC.
October 20: Fall of Sirte. Col Gaddafi is captured and killed.
October 23: NTC declares “total liberation” of Libya. It says more than 30,000 have been killed in the conflict.
October 31: Nato mission ends officially.
November 19: Col Gaddafi’s heir Seif al-Islam is arrested in southern Libya.
November 27: Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi visits Tripoli for the first time since Col Gaddafi’s fall.
December 12-13: Hundreds of Libyans protest in Benghazi against the NTC, accusing it of lack of transparency and criticising its composition.
December 16: The UN Security Council and the United States lift most of their sanctions on Libya.
January 21, 2012: Angry protesters storm the offices of the NTC in Ben-ghazi.
January 28: The NTC adopts a new electoral law under which the country will form a constituent assembly in June.
February 5: Libya launches the first trial of Gaddafi loyalists before a Benghazi military court.