Battle of Benghazi (2014-present)

Battle of Benghazi (2014–2017)

Part of the Second Libyan Civil War

The situation in August 2016; before LNA captured Gwarsha and Ganfouda districts

Date

15 October 2014 – 28 December 2017
(3 years, 3 months, 3 weeks and 5 days)

Location

Benghazi, Libya

Status

LNA victory

Ansar al-Sharia dissolves itself
BRSC's Libya Martyrs' Brigade announces withdrawal of surviving fighters to Derna.

Belligerents

Libyan National Army

Benghazi Security Directorate

Supported by:
France

Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries

Benghazi Defense Brigades
Ansar al-Sharia
Libya Shield 1

Supported by:

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (from Nov. 2014 to Jan. 2017)

Wilayat Barqa

Commanders and leaders

Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar
(Commander of Operation Dignity)

Colonel Abdussalam Al-Hassi
(Commander of the LNA’s Benghazi operations room)

Col. Wanis Abu Khamada
(Commander of Libya's Special Forces)

Brig. Gen. Saqr Geroushi
(Commander of the Libyan Air Force)

Salem Al-Naaili † (Libyan Special Forces top commander)

Ahmed Abu-Bakr Huttea Al-Zwai † (Field commander)

Mohamed al-Zahawi † (Ansar al-Shariah Leader)
Abu Khalid Al-Madani †
(Zahawi's Successor) Ibrahim Bunuwara (POW) (Ansar al-Shariah top commander)
Wissam Ben Hamid † (Libya Shield 1 Commander)
Younis Al Louhicha †(Field commander)
Jalal Makhzum †

Abdel Qader al-Najdi

Strength

Unknown

SCBR: 4,500+ (in 2014)

ISIL: Several Hundred

Casualties and losses

Unknown number of LNA soldiers killed

3 DGSE operators killed, 1 helicopter downed