US intervention in Libya (2015–2019)

American intervention in Libya
	Part of the International campaign against ISIL and the Second Libyan Civil War
	; An AV-8B Harrier assigned to the 22nd MEU aboard USS Wasp taking part in Operation Odyssey Lightning on 11 August 2016.
Date	13 November 2015 – 30 October 2019; (3 years, 11 months, 4 weeks and 1 day)
Location	Libya
Result	Thousands of ISIL targets destroyed; ISIL-held territory recaptured; presence minimized; Withdrawal of American ground forces;
Belligerents
United States U.S. Air Force; U.S. Navy; U.S. Marine Corps; U.S. Special Operations Forces; Libya Government of National Accord; United Kingdom SAS; SBS; France DGSE; Commandos Marine;	ISIL in Libya Wilayah al-Tarabulus; Wilayah al-Fizan; Wilayah Barqah; Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Commanders and leaders
Donald Trump (until 2019); Barack Obama (until 2017); Fayez al-Sarraj; Al-Mahdi Al-Barghathi (until 2018)	Abu Nabil al-Anbari †; Abdul Qader al-Najdi ; Abu Hudhayfah al-Muhajir
Strength
Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses
1 killed (non-combat)	1,000+ fighters killed

From November 2015 to 2019, the United States and allies carried out a large series of both airstrikes and drone strikes to intervene in Libya in its revived conflict in support of the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord against the ISIL presence in the region. By 2019, the ISIL branch had been largely driven from holding Libyan territory, and US strikes ceased.

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