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rdfs:label
  • Battle of Benghazi (2014–2017)
owl:sameAs
prov:wasDerivedFrom
skos:prefLabel
  • Battle of Benghazi (2014–2017)
skos:altLabel
  • defeated
  • Battle of Benghazi
  • under siege
  • :Battle of Benghazi (2014–2017)
  • Battle of Benghazi (2014–17)
  • Protracted hostilities
  • Siege of Sidi Akribesh
  • battle for control
  • brought them to dissolution in 2017
  • heavy fighting in and around Benghazi
  • scene of more than three years of warfare
  • three years of fighting
clgo:causalties
  • 3DGSEoperators killed, 1 helicopter downed
  • 5,000+ killed
clgo:combatant
  • France
  • Libyan National Army
  • ----
  • Supported by:
  • *Ansar al-Sharia
  • '''Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries
  • * Benghazi Security Directorate
  • *Benghazi Defense Brigades
  • *DGSE
  • *LROR
  • *Libya Shield 1
  • *Misrata Brigades
  • *Special Forces
  • *Wilayat Barqa
  • Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (from Nov. 2014 to Jan. 2017)
clgo:commander
clgo:date
  • 2014-10-15
clgo:isPartOfMilitaryConflict
clgo:notes
  • Despite the LNA's declaration of victory on 5 July 2017, the battle continued with militants still holding 150 m2 of territory, which was reportedly reduced to just one building by 27 July. The militant-controlled area was cleared on 30 December.
clgo:place
clgo:result
  • *Ansar al-Shariadissolves itself
  • MajorLibyan National Armyvictory
  • * BRSC'sLibya Martyrs' Brigadeannounces withdrawal of surviving fighters toDerna
clgo:strength
  • 25,000
  • ISIL: Unknown
  • SCBR: several thousand (in 2014)