Military intervention in Libya | |||||||
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Part of the Libyan Civil War | |||||||
The no-fly zone over Libya as well as bases and warships which were involved in the intervention |
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Belligerents | |||||||
States enforcing UNSC Resolution 1973:
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Opération Harmattan Vice Adm. Rinaldo Veri |
Muammar Gaddafi † Saif al-Islam Gaddafi (captured 19 November) Khamis Gaddafi † Al-Saadi Gaddafi Abu-Bakr Yunis Jabr † Ali Sharif al-Rifi |
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Casualties and losses | |||||||
1 airman killed in traffic accident in Italy 1 USN MQ-8 shot down 3 Dutch Naval Aviators captured (later released) 1 Royal Netherlands Navy Lynx captured 1 USAF F-15E crashed (Mechanical failure) 1 UAEAF F-16 damaged upon landing |
5,900 military targets including
Unknown number of soldiers killed or wounded (NATO claim) |
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72 civilians killed 40 civilians killed in Tripoli (Vatican claim) |
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The US military claimed it had no knowledge of civilian casualties. |
States enforcing UNSC Resolution 1973: