during the Battle of the Mediterranean of World War II: First Battle of Sirte, fought on 17 December 1941 Second Battle of Sirte, fought on 22 March 1942 as part of Libya–United States relations during Cold War Gulf of Sidra incident (1981) Gulf of Sidra incident (1989) during Libyan Civil War of 2011 (fall of Muammar Gaddafi) Second Gulf of Sidra offensive, fought from 22 August to 20 October 2011 during the Libyan civil war Battle of Sirte (2011), fought from 15 September to 20 October 2011 during the Libyan civil war during Second Libyan Civil War Battle of Sirte (2015), fall of Sirte on ISIL Battle of Sirte (2016), Government of National Accord effort to liberate Sirte from ISIL