Operation Dignity Battle (Benghazi)

Part of Second Libyan Civil War

Date

16 May – 29 July 2014
(2 months, 1 week and 6 days)

Location

Benghazi, Libya

Result

The Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries victory

Beginning of Second Libyan Civil War
Withdrawal of Libyan National Army from Benghazi
Declaring of Benghazi as an islamic emirate
Continue clashes between two Belligerents led to Battle of Benina Airport

Belligerents

Libyan National Army

Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries
ISIL linked Factions

Commanders and leaders

Gen. Khalifa Haftar
(Commander of Operation Dignity)

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

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

Mohamed al-Zahawi
(Ansar al-Sharia Leader)

Wissam Ben Hamid
(Libya Shield 1 Commander)

Strength

900+ soldiers

4,000+ rebels

Casualties and losses

196-367 killed

Unknown

*The number of dead on the army side includes both opposition fighters and civilians

The Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries victory

Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries
ISIL linked Factions

The Operation Dignity Battle was a battle of the Libyan Civil War of 2014. It was fought in May and July 2014 between the Islamic Fundamentalist Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries (supported by the LROR and Misrata Brigades) and the Libyan Army, and some people stand with Army into the city. The Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries led by Ansar al-Sharia (Libya) have been designated as a terrorist organization by the United Nations, Turkey, the UAE, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Hostilities first broke out early in the morning of Friday 16 May 2014 when Gen. Haftar's forces assaulted the bases of certain Benghazi Islamist militia groups, including the one blamed for the 2012 assassination of US ambassador Christopher Stevens. Helicopters, jets and ground forces took part in the assault, killing at least 70, and injuring at least 250. Haftar has vowed to not stop until the extremists groups are purged. Shortly before the assault Haftar reportedly asked a close friend, "Am I committing suicide?"

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