The coup transformed the country into a military dictatorship under the Libyan Revolutionary Command Council, and later a socialist state or Jamahiriya.

[6] A military parade of troops of the African Union and the Libyan Armed Forces took place on Green Square on 1 September.

Units that represented their country included: 154th Preobrazhensky Independent Commandant's Regiment (Russia),[8][9] 26-member contingent of the Serbian Armed Forces (Serbia).

The performance took place on Green Square in front of an audience of invited guests and senior military officials and thousands of members of an incredibly appreciative general public.

Morocco was set to participate in the event, however withdrew after it learned that representatives of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic and the Polisario Front would be attending.