 Nhau dzeUnited States nehurumende itsva yeLibya dzakasimudzwa musi waSeptember 11, 2012 apo vanhu vaiva nepfuti vakarwisa uye vakakanda mabhomba anopisahofisi yeUnited States yokukurukurabasa muBenghazi, ichiuraya vaAmerica 4 kusanganisira Mumiriri J. Christopher Stevens. Mutungamiri wenguva pfupi weLibya Mohammed Magarief akakurumidza kushora kurwiswa uye akakumbira ruregerero kuUS, achirondedzera se gandanga uye achivimbisa kuunza vaurayi kururamisiro. Kuratidzira kuchishora kurwiswa uye kutsigira United States kwakaitwa muBenghazi zuva rakatevera, nevanoratidzira vachichema Stevens uye zvikwangwani zvinomuzivisashamwari yevaLibya vese. Libya yakabatana neUS kuti iongorore kurwiswa uku, ichivhara nzvimbo yemhepo yeBenghazi kwemaawa akati wandei kubvumira US drone patrol pamusoro peguta musi wa14 Gunyana. 