Battle of Tripoli (2011)

Battle of Tripoli (2011)
Part of the First Libyan Civil War
Above: Map showing the situation after the battle within western Libya    Held by Anti-Gaddafi forces.(Checkered: Maximum Loyalists gains, April–May.)   Rebel gains after the western coastal offensive in August.    Last loyalist pockets.
Date 20–28 August 2011 (1 week and 1 day) Location Tripoli, Libya Result Decisive Anti-Gaddafi victory Capture of Tripoli by rebel forces Large scale collapse within the Jamahirya Regime.[8] Majority of Government affiliates either killed or fled to exile.[9] Gaddafi flees to Sirte.[10] Sirte and Bani Walid remains under Loyalists control.[11]
Belligerents
National Transitional Council National Liberation Army Tripoli Brigade Support: Qatar[1][2]  UAE[2] UN Security Council Resolution 1973 forces[3] NATO command[4]	Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Libyan Armed Forces Paramilitary forces Support:  Belarus 334th Special Forces Detachment[5] Snipers[6] Military specialists[7]
Commanders and leaders
Mustafa Abdul Jalil Mahmoud Jibril Mahdi al-Harati Abu Oweis Abdelhakim Belhadj Khalifa Haftar Charles Bouchard	Muammar Gaddafi Saif al-Islam Gaddafi Al-Saadi Gaddafi Khamis Gaddafi Mutassim Gaddafi Ayesha Gaddafi Abu-Bakr Yunis Jabr Abdullah Senussi Mohammed Abdullah al-Senussi Mansour Dhao Moussa Ibrahim Abuzed Dorda Baghdadi Mahmudi
Strength
8,000[12] (Tripoli Brigade)	3000~ (Khamis Brigade)
Casualties and losses
1,700 killed[13] several wounded and killed foreign soldiers[14]	128+ killed[15] 600 captured[16] 1 tank destroyed 4 armoured vehicles destroyed 4 technicals destroyed 2 MRLS destroyed 4 prisoners[7]
108 civilians killed[13][17] 167 unidentified killed[18]

The Battle of Tripoli (Arabic: ﻣﻌﺮﻛﺔ ﻃﺮﺍﺑﻠﺲ maʻarakat Ṭarābulis), sometimes referred to as the Fall of Tripoli (Arabic: سقوط طرابلس suqūt Ṭarābulis), was a military confrontation in Tripoli, Libya, between loyalists of Muammar Gaddafi, the longtime leader of Libya, and the National Transitional Council, which was attempting to overthrow Gaddafi and take control of the capital. The battle began on 20 August 2011,^[19] six months after the First Libyan Civil War started, with an uprising within the city; rebel forces outside the city planned an offensive to link up with elements within Tripoli, and eventually take control of the nation's capital.

The rebels codenamed the assault "Operation Mermaid Dawn"^[19] (Arabic: ﻋﻤﻠﻴﺔ ﻓﺠﺮ ﻋﺮﻭﺳﺔ ﺍﻟﺒﺤﺮ ʻamaliyyat fajr ʻarūsat el-baḥr). Tripoli's nickname is "The Mermaid" (Arabic: ﻋﺮﻭﺳﺔ ﺍﻟﺒﺤﺮ ʻarūsat el-baḥr) (literally "bride of the sea").^[20]