The Libyan Civil War and its Impact on the Common Population

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Running Head: The Libyan civil war And its impact on the common population
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Running Head: The Libyan civil war And its impact on the common population
Research problem statement: The Libyan civil war and its impact on the common
population
Can the war be concluded?
The country of Libya is located in the Northern African Maghreb region and shares its boundary
with Egypt in the East, Sultan in the south east, Mediterranean sea in the north, Chad in the
south, Niger in the southwest, Tunisia in the Northwest and Algeria in the west. The country has
a land area of 1.8 million square kilometres and is the fourth largest country in the continent.
Libya also ranks as the 10th largest oil reserve of the world. The capital of Libya is Tripoli and
and the total population of the country is around 7 million (Savage, 2017).
Libya in ancient times was used as trading post for the Greek colonials and over the years the
country was ruled by Persians, Egyptians, Carthaginian as well as Greeks before it became a
part of the Roman empire. Majority of the people practice Islam and speak Libyan Arabic,
Berber as well as Italian. Libyan Dinar is the currency in the country and GDP has been
estimated to be around 52 billion dollars. As noted by Bürkner & Scott (2019), the country has a
long history with violence, subjugation and human right abuse. However, the present report will
take into account the impact of the ongoing second Libyan civil war on the common people of
Libya.
The civil war in Libya was inspired by Arab Spring and and the civilians were are involved in
protest against the government run by Muammar Gaddafi. Police crackdown resulted in Rebels
taking up arms. Severe police brutality on protestors and Gaddafi refusing to step down only
escalated the ongoing conflict. The international interest was drawn to Libyan civil war due to
humanitarian as well as economic reasons. Eventually Gaddafi was executed by Rebel groups
and almost a after a decade, the common people in Libya are experiencing the aftershocks
(Bellin, 2017). The international intervention resulted in in birth of three opposing government
groups that have been competing and killing while being secretly funded by “third parties” for
control over the country all these years.
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