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Events of [[2019]] in [[Libya]].

{{Year in Libya|2019}}

The following events occurred in [[Libya]] in the year [[2019]].

== Events ==

=== January =Incumbents==

* '''[[President of Libya|President]]:''' [[Aguila Saleh Issa]]

* '''[[Prime Minister of Libya|Prime Minister]]:''' [[Abdullah al-Thani]]

=== FebruaryEvents ===

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* [[April 4]] – [[Second Libyan Civil War]]: The [[Libyan National Army]] (LNA) launches a [[2019 Western Libya offensive|surprise offensive]] in western [[Libya]], moving units towards the [[Government of National Accord]]-held capital [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]] and capturing [[Gharyan]].<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.reuters.com/article/us-libya-security/eastern-libya-forces-move-west-triggering-alert-in-tripoli-idUSKCN1RF1LQ?il=0 |title= Eastern Libya forces move west, skirmish south of Tripoli | work= Reuters | date= April 3, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/04/libyan-strongman-khalifa-haftar-orders-forces-advance-west-190403155045917.html |title= 'Brief skirmish' near Libya's Tripoli as Haftar's LNA heads west| publisher= Al Jazeera |date = April 4, 2019}}</ref>

* [[July 3]] – [[2019 Tajoura migrant center airstrike]]: An airstrike by Field Marshal [[Khalifa Haftar]]'s [[Libyan National Army]] hits the Tajoura Detention Center outside [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]], [[Libya]], while hundreds of people are inside the facility, killing at least 53 of them and injures 130 others.<ref>{{cite news |title=Libya migrants 'fired on after fleeing attack' |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-48871430 |access-date=July 12, 2019 |publisher=BBC |date=July 4, 2019}}</ref>

* [[December 19]] – Libya's [[Government of National Accord]] activates a cooperation accord with [[Turkey]], allowing for a potential Turkish military intervention in the [[Libyan Civil War (2014–present)|Second Libyan Civil War]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/20/libyan-government-activates-cooperation-accord-with-turkey|work=The Guardian|title=Libyan government activates cooperation accord with Turkey|date=December 19, 2019}}</ref>

=== MarchDeaths ===

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=== April =References==

{{Reflist}}

{{Years in Libya}}

=== May ===

{{Year in Africa|2019}}

=== June ===

=== July ===

=== August ===

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=== November ===

=== December ===

== Births ==

== Deaths ==

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[[Category:2019 in Africa |Libya]]

[[Category:2019 by country|Libya]]