Hussein Darbouk

Hussein Darbouk
Died4 March 2011
Zawiya, Libya
Allegiance Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (until 2011)
 Libyan National Transitional Council (2011)
Service / branchLibyan Arab Jamahiriya Libyan Army (until 2011)
Libya National Liberation Army (2011)
RankColonel
Battles / wars

Hussein Darbouk was a Libyan military officer and rebel figure during the First Libyan Civil War. He defected to the anti-Gaddafi rebel forces during the first phases of the civil war,[1] and commanded the rebel forces in the First Battle of Zawiya against Gaddafi's forces.[2]

On 4 March, Alaa al-Zawi, an activist in the city of Zawiya announced that the commander of the rebel forces in the city — Hussein Darbouk — was killed in action from an anti-aircraft gun as the Libyan Army's Khamis Brigade bombarded the city's western edges with mortars, heavy machine guns, tanks and anti-aircraft guns, fighting armed residents and defected military units.[3]

  1. ^ Kirkpatrick, David D. (4 March 2011). "Qaddafi Brutalizes Foes, Armed or Defenseless". NY Times. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  2. ^ Daragahi, Borzou; Therolf, Garrett (5 March 2011). "In Libya, Kadafi's forces launch assault on rebel-held city". LA Times. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  3. ^ AP (4 March 2011). "Gaddafi troops attack rebel city". Independent. Retrieved 4 August 2024.