See also: armed forces of the Government of National Accord (GNA) and armed forces commanded by Khalifa Haftar (LNA)
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Libyan Armed Forces
Arabic: القوات المسلحة الليبية
Founded
1951; 73 years ago (1951)
Current form
2021
Service branches
Libyan Ground Forces Libyan Navy Libyan Air Force
Headquarters
Tripoli
Leadership
Commander-in-Chief
Mohamed al-Menfi
Minister of Defence
Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh
Chief of the General Staff
Mohamed Al-Haddad
Personnel
Military age
18 (2012)[1]
Active personnel
c. 32,000
Industry
Foreign suppliers
Current:
Belarus
China
Cuba
Czech Republic
Hungary
Iran
North Korea
Poland
Russia
Ukraine
Vietnam
Historical:
Czechoslovakia
East Germany
France
Italy
Soviet Union
United Kingdom
United States
Related articles
Ranks
Military ranks of Libya
The Libyan Armed Forces (Arabic: القوات المسلحة الليبية) or the Libyan Arab Armed Forces (Arabic: القوات المسلحة العربية الليبية)[2] are, in principle, the state organisation responsible for the military defence of Libya, including ground, air and naval forces.[3]
The original army under the Libyan monarchy of King Idris I was trained by the United Kingdom and the United States. Since Muammar Gaddafi rose to power in 1969, Libya received military assistance from the Soviet Union. The Libyan military fought in several wars, including the Libyan–Egyptian War (1977) and the Chadian–Libyan conflict (1978–1987). After the 2011 civil war 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.[4] During 2015–2018, after Khalifa Haftar was appointed in 2015 by the Libyan parliament in Tobruk 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 Libyan National Army (LNA).[4] As of November 2019[update], the regular core of the LNA (about 7000 soldiers) was complemented by Salafist militias and foreign mercenaries (about 18000 soldiers).[5][4]: 7 As of 2019[update], the internationally recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) retained formal control of the militias nominally constituting the Libyan Army, while the Libyan Air Force was split into LNA and GNA controlled components.[4] The naval and coast guard forces were mostly under GNA control.[6] with some coastal patrol boats under LNA control.[4] In 2021, all the armed forces branches (except for the Haftar's forces) will under command of the new President of Libya, Mohamed al-Menfi from Government of National Unity after the Second Libyan Civil War ceasefire.
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