Zawiya skirmish
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The Zawiya skirmish began on 11 June 2011, when the National Liberation Army launched an attack into the coastal city of Zawiya, Libya in an attempt to recapture it[11] from army units and militiamen loyal to Muammar Gaddafi. The attack was quickly crushed by the numerically superior and better-equipped loyalist forces, who had taken the city earlier in the Libyan Civil War after defeating rebel forces in a major battle that lasted from February to March 2011.
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Zawiya skirmish | |||||||
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Part of the Libyan Civil War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Unknown | Mahdi al-Arabi[4] | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
100–200 fighters[5] | Munawaba Brigade[4] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
30 killed 20 wounded[6] |
2–dozens*[5][7] killed 17 captured[8] | ||||||
1 civilian killed[9] | |||||||
*Rebels claimed that up to 100 loyalist soldiers were killed, but no independent sources confirmed the claim[10] |
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