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19 March 2011: French [80] forces began the military intervention in Libya, later joined by coalition forces with strikes against armoured units south of Benghazi and attacks on Libyan air-defense systems, as UN Security Council Resolution 1973 called for using "all necessary means" to protect civilians and civilian-populated areas from attack ...
Military situation in Libya as of June 2020. Under the control of the Tobruk-led Government / Government of National Stability and Libyan National Army Under the control of the Government of National Unity ( Tobruk-led political withdrawal ) and Allies
Rebels counter-attacked against Brega in an attempt to push out Gaddafi's forces. [90] By late afternoon, coalition forces had bombed pro-Gaddafi forces near Brega. BBC Monitoring quoted a privately owned online newspaper, Libya al-Yawm, that Gaddafi's forces had been pushed back to the village of Bishr, west of the city. However, it was ...
US Military map showing the situation of 28 March 2011 4 Canadian Forces CF-18s struck and destroyed Regime ammunition bunkers 92 km south of Misrata. [43] Air Force and Navy Rafales attacked a command centre south of Tripoli. French and Qatari Mirage 2000-5s conducted joint patrols and air interdiction missions from Souda Air Base.
Under the control of the Government of National Accord and affiliated militias (Libya Shield Force, Petroleum Facilities Guard [PFG]) Under the control of local tribal forces; Contested Tobruk Government–Government of National Accord; Tobruk Government–Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant; Tobruk Government–Local Tribal Forces
The Libyan Civil War began on 17 February 2011 as a civil protest and later evolved into a widespread uprising. By mid-August, anti-Gaddafi forces effectively supported by a NATO-led international coalition were ascendant in Tripolitania, breaking out of the restive Nafusa Mountains in the south to mount an offensive toward the coast and advancing from Misrata on loyalist-held cities and ...
Coalition airstrikes continued to hit loyalist ground forces and military targets throughout Libya, with U.S. aircraft employing tankbuster missiles. [64] The following day, French and British jets conducted strikes on loyalist armor and air defenses. On 31 March, NATO took command of Coalition air operations in Libya.
Its forces are divided geographically, into the Western Shield, Central Shield and Eastern Shield. Elements of the Libya Shield Force were identified by some observers as linked to Al-Qaeda as early as 2012. [165] [166] The term "Libya Shield 1" is used to refer to the Islamist part of the Libya Shield Force in the east of Libya. [195]