Libyan Armed Forces

The Libyan Armed Forces or the Libyan Arab Armed Forces (<a href="/facts/Arabic_language/A1e66hVV">Arabic</a>: القوات المسلحة العربية الليبية) are, in principle, the state organisation responsible for the military defence of <a href="/facts/Libya/HMPH8PWR">Libya</a>, including ground, air and naval forces.
The original army under the <a href="/facts/Kingdom_of_Libya/uGsNeUn2">Libyan monarchy</a> of <a href="/facts/Idris_of_Libya/F3XRIxIa">King Idris I</a> was trained by the <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2">United Kingdom</a> and the <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a>. Since <a href="/facts/Muammar_Gaddafi/JFp2s57J">Muammar Gaddafi</a> rose to power in 1969, Libya received military assistance from the <a href="/facts/Soviet_Union/m7wWsPto">Soviet Union</a>. The Libyan military fought in several wars, including the <a href="/facts/Libyan%E2%80%93Egyptian_War/2z97gPxk">Libyan–Egyptian War</a> (1977) and the <a href="/facts/Chadian%E2%80%93Libyan_conflict/ggk1MphJ">Chadian–Libyan conflict</a> (1978–1987). 
After the <a href="/facts/Libyan_Civil_War_(2011)/dlCgacp1">2011 civil war</a> and the fall of Gaddafi, the armed forces consisted mostly of local militias that were frequently created or ceased to be active and made temporary shifting alliances. During 2015–2018, after <a href="/facts/Khalifa_Haftar/yIk31zSj">Khalifa Haftar</a> was appointed in 2015 by the <a href="/facts/House_of_Representatives_(Libya)/2ez5DU9K">Libyan parliament</a> in <a href="/facts/Tobruk/lPRINwFn">Tobruk</a> as the supreme commander of the armed forces, he unified many militias into a regular hierarchical structure in the eastern part of Libya that became known as the core of the <a href="/facts/Libyan_National_Army/tectBHAy">Libyan National Army</a> (LNA). 
As of November 2019<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Libyan_Armed_Forces&action=edit">[update]</a>, the regular core of the LNA (about 7000 soldiers) was complemented by Salafist militias and foreign mercenaries (about 18000 soldiers).: 7  As of 2019<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Libyan_Armed_Forces&action=edit">[update]</a>, the internationally recognised <a href="/facts/Government_of_National_Accord/XhK828X0">Government of National Accord</a> (GNA) retained formal control of the militias nominally constituting the <a href="/facts/Libyan_Army/L3JFwYyd">Libyan Army</a>, while the <a href="/facts/Libyan_Air_Force/1Ev0a8hD">Libyan Air Force</a> was split into LNA and GNA controlled components. The <a href="/facts/Libyan_Navy/Esot6Jop">naval</a> and <a href="/facts/Libyan_Coast_Guard/U2LomaK0">coast guard</a> forces were mostly under GNA control. with some coastal patrol boats under LNA control. In 2021, all the armed forces branches (except for the Haftar's forces) were under command of the new President of Libya, <a href="/facts/Mohamed_al-Menfi/2oVqms3h">Mohamed al-Menfi</a> from <a href="/facts/Government_of_National_Unity_(Libya)/LC7Q848v">Government of National Unity</a> after the <a href="/facts/Second_Libyan_Civil_War/eUU839hL">Second Libyan Civil War</a> ceasefire.

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