Battle of Tripoli
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The Battle of Tripoli was the decisive 2011 offensive in Libya’s capital in which anti-Gaddafi rebel forces, backed by NATO, seized control of the city and effectively toppled Muammar Gaddafi’s regime.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
→
military offensive → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Battle of Tripoli (2011)
→
surface form: "Fall of Tripoli (2011)"
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| belligerent |
National Transitional Council
→
surface form: "National Transitional Council forces"
anti-Gaddafi rebels → pro-Gaddafi forces → |
| casualties | hundreds killed and wounded (both sides and civilians) → |
| combatType | urban combat → |
| commandedBy |
Abdelhakim Belhadj
→
Abdul Fatah Younis → Khamis Gaddafi → Muammar Gaddafi → |
| conflict |
2011 Libyan Civil War
→
surface form: "Libyan Civil War"
|
| country | Libya → |
| date | August 2011 → |
| endDate | 28 August 2011 → |
| followedBy |
Battle of Sirte (2011)
→
pursuit of Gaddafi loyalist forces → |
| involved |
seizure of Bab al-Azizia compound
→
street fighting in central Tripoli → |
| locatedIn |
Libya
→
Tripoli → |
| objective |
capture of Tripoli
→
topple Muammar Gaddafi’s regime → |
| opposedBy |
Muammar Gaddafi (loyalist side, political and military leader)
→
surface form: "Gaddafi loyalists"
Libya →
surface form: "Libyan Arab Jamahiriya"
|
| partOf |
2011 Libyan Civil War
→
2011 Libyan Civil War →
surface form: "NATO military intervention in Libya"
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| precededBy |
Battle of Zawiya (2011)
→
Battle of Misrata →
surface form: "Siege of Misrata"
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| result |
collapse of Muammar Gaddafi regime control over the capital
→
decisive rebel victory → fall of Tripoli to anti-Gaddafi forces → |
| significance |
effectively ended Gaddafi’s control over most of Libya
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enabled the National Transitional Council to become de facto government of Libya → turning point in the 2011 Libyan Civil War → |
| startDate | 20 August 2011 → |
| supportedBy |
France
→
NATO → NATO airstrikes → Qatar → United Arab Emirates → United Kingdom → United States of America →
surface form: "United States"
|
| target | Bab al-Azizia → |
| used |
coordinated uprising inside the city
→
covert insertion of rebel fighters into Tripoli → urban warfare → |
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