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2 dams collapsed, thousands of properties destroyed. The Derna dam collapses were the catastrophic failures of two dams in Derna, Libya on the night of 10–11 September 2023, in the aftermath of Storm Daniel. The dam collapses released an estimated 30 million cubic meters (39 million cubic yards) of water, [5] [6] causing flooding downstream ...
In spite of the crisis, Libya maintains one of the highest human development index (HDI) rankings among countries in Africa. The war has caused a significant loss of economic potential in Libya, estimated at 783.2 billion Libyan dinars from 2011 to 2021. By 2022, the humanitarian situation had improved, though challenges remain.
15–30 Libyan civilians killed. The United States Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps carried out air strikes, code-named Operation El Dorado Canyon, against Libya on 15 April 1986 in retaliation for the West Berlin discotheque bombing ten days earlier, which U.S. President Ronald Reagan blamed on Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
Libya is the fourth-most water-stressed country in the world. The Libyan Desert, which covers most of Libya, is one of the most arid and sun-baked places on earth. [58] In places, decades may pass without seeing any rainfall at all, and even in the highlands rainfall seldom happens, once every 5–10 years.
From 1912 to 1927, the territory of Libya was known as Italian North Africa. From 1927 to 1934, the territory was split into two colonies, Italian Cyrenaica and Italian Tripolitania, run by Italian governors. Some 150,000 Italians settled in Libya, constituting roughly 20% of the total population.
The US military claimed it had no knowledge of civilian casualties. [19] On 19 March 2011, a multi-state NATO -led coalition began a military intervention in Libya to implement United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973 (UNSCR 1973), in response to events during the First Libyan Civil War.
The Toyota War ( Arabic: حرب التويوتا, romanized : Ḥarb al-Tūyūtā, French: Guerre des Toyota ), also known as the Great Toyota War, [9] which took place in 1987 in Northern Chad and on the Chad–Libya border, was the last phase of the Chadian–Libyan War. It takes its name from the Toyota pickup trucks, primarily the Toyota ...
Timeline of the 2011 Libyan Civil War and military intervention (June – 15 August) Timeline of the 2011 Libyan Civil War and military intervention (16 August – 23 October) Map of Libya. The situation in Libya on 19 March 2011, just before the start of the international military intervention . • Cities controlled by pro-Gaddafi forces.