A report on House of Representatives (Libya), Libya, Second Libyan Civil War and Abdullah al-Thani

Military situation in Libya on 11 June 2020
(For a more detailed map, see military situation in the Libyan Civil War)

Protesters stage a large demonstration in Shahat against the GNC's mandate extension plan.

Libyan oil fields, pipelines, refineries and storage

The Libya Summit in Berlin, Germany on 19 January 2020

The Atiq Mosque in Awjila is the oldest mosque in the Sahara.

Russian aircraft deployed to Libya in support of Russian private military contractors supporting the Libyan National Army in 2020. Image provided by United States Africa Command.

The Siege of Tripoli in 1551 allowed the Ottomans to capture the city from the Knights of St. John.

The USS Enterprise of the Mediterranean Squadron capturing a Tripolitan Corsair during the First Barbary War, 1801

A US Navy expedition under Commodore Edward Preble engaging gunboats and fortifications in Tripoli, 1804

Omar Mukhtar was a prominent leader of Libyan resistance in Cyrenaica against Italian colonization.

Italian propaganda postcard depicting the Italian invasion of Libya in 1911.

King Idris I of the Senussi order became the first head of state of Libya in 1951.

Gaddafi (left) with Egyptian President Nasser in 1969

Versions of the Libyan flag in modern history

The no-fly zone over Libya as well as bases and warships which were involved in the 2011 military intervention

Areas of control in the Civil War, updated 11 June 2020:
Location dot red.svg Tobruk-led Government Location dot lime.svg Government of National Accord Location dot blue.svg Petroleum Facilities Guard Location dot yellow.svg Tuareg tribes Location dot orange.svg Local forces

Libya has emerged as a major transit point for people trying to reach Europe

Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, the head of the Libyan National Army, one of the main factions in the 2014 civil war.

Libya map of Köppen climate classification

Libya is a predominantly desert country. Up to 90% of the land area is covered in desert.

UK Foreign Secretary William Hague with Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, November 2013

Change in per capita GDP of Libya, 1950–2018. Figures are inflation-adjusted to 2011 International dollars.

A proportional representation of Libya exports, 2019

Pivot irrigation in Kufra, southeast Cyrenaica

Oil is the major natural resource of Libya, with estimated reserves of 43.6 billion barrels.

Al Manar Royal Palace in central Benghazi – the location of the University of Libya's first campus, founded by royal decree in 1955

A map indicating the ethnic composition of Libya in 1974

Mosque in Ghadames, close to the Tunisian and Algerian border.

The Libyan House of Representatives (HoR) (مجلس النواب) is the legislature of Libya resulting from the 2014 Libyan parliamentary election, which had an 18% turnout.

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The Second Libyan Civil War was a multilateral civil war that lasted from 2014 to 2020 in the North African country of Libya fought between different armed groups, mainly the House of Representatives (HoR) and the Government of National Accord.

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Abdullah al-Thani (عبد الله الثني Libyan pronunciation: ) is a Libyan politician who became prime minister of the House of Representatives of Libya on 11 March 2014, when he took over in an interim capacity after the dismissal of Ali Zeidan.

- Abdullah al-Thani

In late 2014, following the failed coup attempt to take over the capital Tripoli in the context of the Libyan Civil War, the House of Representatives relocated itself to Tobruk in the far east of Libya.

- House of Representatives (Libya)

Between 2014 and 2021, the House of Representatives supported the Tobruk-based government led by Abdullah al-Thani before supporting the incumbent Government of National Unity led by Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh.

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With Libya sliding into civil war between the two rival governments, al-Thani ordered General Khalifa Haftar to "liberate" Tripoli in October 2014.

- Abdullah al-Thani

By 2014 two rival authorities claimed to govern Libya, which led to a second civil war, with parts of Libya split between the Tobruk and Tripoli-based governments as well as various tribal and Islamist militias.

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The country was then led by two separate governments, with Tripoli and Misrata controlled by forces loyal to Libya Dawn and the new GNC in Tripoli, while the international community recognized Abdullah al-Thani's government and its parliament in Tobruk.

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On 11 March 2014, after having been ousted by the GNC for his inability to halt a rogue oil shipment, Prime Minister Zeidan stepped down, and was replaced by Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thani.

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In June 2014, elections were held to the House of Representatives, a new legislative body intended to take over from the General National Congress.

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Khalifa Haftar

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Libyan-American politician, military officer, and the commander of the Tobruk-based Libyan National Army (LNA).

Military situation in the Libyan Civil War in 2020.

On 2 March 2015, he was appointed commander of the armed forces loyal to the elected legislative body, the Libyan House of Representatives.

His campaign allowed elections to take place to replace the GNC but then developed into the Second Libyan Civil War.

Meanwhile, despite its initial denouncement of Operation Dignity in May, Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thani's administration subsequently refrained from further official endorsement or denouncement of Haftar's Operation Dignity.

Emirates forces carried out a drone strike on a factory that makes food products in Wadi al-Rabie, Libya, south of Tripoli, a Human Rights Watch investigation found.