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The Egyptian intervention in Libya has been substantial since the beginning of the Libyan civil war. The intervention started after the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) released a video of the beheading of 21 Egyptians on 12 February 2015.
Libya, [b] officially the State of Libya, [c] is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad to the south, Niger to the southwest, Algeria to the west, and Tunisia to the northwest, as well as maritime borders with Greece, Italy and Malta to the north.
Soldiers of Egypt, Al-Qaeda in Sinai Peninsula, Ansar al-Sharia and Al Furqan Brigades) Under control of Muslim Brotherhood of Egypt; Under control of Tobruk-led Libyan Government / Sudanese Government; Contested Egyptian Government & UN Vs. ISIL, MSC & affiliated groups; Egyptian Government & UN Vs. non-ISIL islamists; Egyptian Government & UN Vs.
Egyptian soldiers during a military parade in 1955. The last British combat unit left by 24 March 1956. [21] Soon afterwards, the Suez Crisis arose, known in Egypt and the Arab World as the Tripartite Aggression. Just before the Suez Crisis, politics rather than military competence was the main criterion for promotion. [22]
Egyptian–Libyan War (1977) Libya: Egypt: Ceasefire: Uganda–Tanzania War (1978–1979) Uganda. Libya Tanzania. UNLA; Mozambique; Defeat. Overthrow of Idi Amin in Uganda; Chadian–Libyan conflict (1978–1987) Libya. FROLINAT GUNT; FAT. FAN; FANT France Zaire; Defeat. Islamic Legion pushed out of Chad; Chad gained control of the Aouzou Strip ...
The Egyptian–Libyan War, also known as the Four Day War (Arabic: حرب الأربعة أيام, romanized: ḥarb al-ārbaʿ ʾayyām), was a short border war fought between Libya and Egypt that lasted from 21 to 24 July 1977.
The Libyan-Egyptian War was a border war between Libya and Egypt in July 1977. Tensions between the two countries had increased during April and May as demonstrators attacked the embassies of both countries. On 21 July 1977 gun battles between troops on the border began, followed by land and air attacks. A ceasefire was agreed to on 24 July.
In June 1997 during a visit to Libya by president Hosni Mubarak of Egypt the two countries agreed in principle to a plan to link the Egyptian and Libyan gas grids. A more ambitious proposal is to build a 900-mile pipeline to transport gas from Egypt, Libya, Tunisia and Algeria to the existing Morocco - Spain pipeline. [44]