Chadian–Libyan conflict
Part of the Cold War and the Arab Cold War
LocationChad.svg
Date29 January 1978 – 11 September 1987
(9 years, 7 months, 1 week and 6 days)
Location
Chad
ResultChadian/French victory
Territorial
changes
Chad keeps control of the Aouzou Strip.
Belligerents

Anti-Libyan Chadian factions

  • FAT (1978–1979)
  • FAN (1978–1983)
  • FANT (1983–1987)
  • GUNT (1986–1987)

 France
Inter-African Force

  •  Zaire
  •  Nigeria
  •  Senegal

NFSL

Supported by:
  • DR Sudan (1978–1985)
  • Sudan (1985–1987)
  •  Egypt
  •  Israel
  • Iraq
  •  Morocco
  •  United States

Libya

  • Islamic Legion

Pro-Libyan Chadian factions

  • FROLINAT
  • GUNT (1979–1986)
  • Codos (1983–1986)
 PLO (1987)
Supported by:
  •  East Germany
  •  Soviet Union
  •  Vietnam[citation needed]
Commanders and leaders
  • ChadHissène Habré
  • ChadHassan Djamous
  • ChadIdriss Déby
  • FranceV. Giscard d'Estaing
  • FranceFrançois Mitterrand
  • LibyaMuammar Gaddafi
  • LibyaMassoud Abdelhafid
  • LibyaKhalifa Haftar (POW)
  • LibyaAbdullah Senussi
  • LibyaAhmed Oun
  • LibyaAbu-Bakr Yunis Jabr
  • LibyaAbdel Fatah Younis
  • LibyaRadwan Saleh Radwan
  • Goukouni Oueddei
  • Palestine Liberation OrganizationMahmoud A. Marzouq