Western Libya campaign | |||||||
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Part of the Second Libyan Civil War | |||||||
![]() Above: Map showing the Libyan National Army's offensive and Government of National Accord's counterattack within western Libya Libyan National Army control Government of National Accord control Neutral area (Bani Walid) (For a more detailed, up-to-date, interactive map, see here). | |||||||
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![]() ![]() (LNA supreme commander) ![]() ![]() (Chief of staff) ![]() ![]() (Senior commander) ![]() ![]() (Senior commander) |
![]() ![]() (head of Presidential Council) ![]() ![]() (joint operations room leader) ![]() ![]() (Tripoli Military Region commander) ![]() ![]() (Capital security commander) ![]() ![]() (Tripoli Protection Force commander) ![]() (al-Wefaq militia Commander) | ||||||
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Casualties and losses | |||||||
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 5 Pantsir destroyed or captured[53] ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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2,458+ killed overall (2,000+ combatants and 458 civilians)[65] 146,000 displaced[65] ![]() | |||||||
a On May 2020, GNA captured Al-Watiya Air Base and seized the remains of 2 Mirage F1 and 1 Su-22, but none of them were operational and mostly were used to make spare parts.[66] b UAE announced the death of six soldiers in a car collision in Yemen. However, the GNA stated that they were killed by GNA airstrikes in Libya.[67][68][69] |
The Western Libya campaign was a military campaign initiated on 4 April 2019 by the Operation Flood of Dignity (Arabic: عملية طوفان الكرامة) of the Libyan National Army, which represents the Libyan House of Representatives, to capture the western region of Libya and eventually the capital Tripoli held by the United Nations Security Council-recognised Government of National Accord. The Government of National Accord regained control over all of Tripoli in June 2020 and the LNA forces withdrew from the capital, after fourteen months of fighting.[70]
The offensive resulted in over 2,468 dead.[65] It began on 4 April 2019,[71] 10 days before the Libyan National Conference for organising presidential and parliamentary elections in Libya had been planned to take place,[72] and five days after the first session of the 2019 Libyan local elections was held successfully.[73] As a result of the offensive, United Nations Support Mission in Libya postponed the forthcoming Libyan National Conference.[72]
War crimes and crimes against humanity that take place during the conflict are covered by the mandate of the International Criminal Court investigation in Libya under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1970.[74][75]
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