The Libyan civil war, also referred to as the Libyan revolution was a 2011 armed conflict in the North African state of Libya, fought between forces loyal to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi and those seeking to oust his government. The war was preceded by protests in Benghazi beginnin... Explore this topic

Tripoli is the capital city and the largest city of Libya. As of 2011, the Tripoli metropolitan area had a population of 2.2 million people. The city is located in the northwestern part of Libya on the edge of the desert, on a point of rocky land projecting into the Mediterran... Explore this topic

Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west. With an area of almost 1.8 mill... Explore this topic

An air strike is an attack on a specific objective by military aircraft during an offensive mission. Air strikes are commonly delivered from aircraft such as fighters, bombers, ground attack aircraft, and attack helicopters. The official definition includes all sorts of target... Explore this topic

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, also called the Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949. The organization constitutes a system of collective defence whereby its member states agree... Explore this topic

The anti-Gaddafi forces were Libyan groups that opposed and militarily defeated the government of Muammar Gaddafi, killing him in the process. These opposition forces included organised and armed militia groups, participants in the Libyan civil war, Libyan diplomats who switch... Explore this topic

Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi, commonly known as Colonel Gaddafi, served as the ruler of Libya for 42 years, from the 1969 when he headed a coup de'tat overthrowing King Idris, to 2011 when he was killed by revolutionaries who overthrew his government. He served as ru... Explore this topic

Abu Salim is a district of Tripoli located in the south of the city. Located in the district is the Abu Salim prison. It became a focal point of fighting during the 2011 Battle of Tripoli, as loyalists concentrated inside the area as over 1,000 rebels crowded around the Abu Sa... Explore this topic

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