2011 Msallata clashes

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2011 Msallata clashes

Part of the Libyan Civil War

Date

3–9 August 2011

Location

Msallata, Libya

Result

Unclear

Rebels take control of the town after a popular uprising.
Pro-Gaddafi forces surround the town.
No independent contact with the rebels in the town since 7 August.
Rebels take control of Msallata in September.

Belligerents

Anti-Gaddafi forces

Local Militia

Gaddafi Loyalists

Casualties and losses

3 killed^[1]

Unknown

First Libyan Civil War

Timeline
- Feb–18 Mar
- 19 Mar–May
- Jun–15 Aug
- 16 Aug–Oct

The 2011 Msallata clashes were a series of clashes in the Libyan Civil War between rebel anti-Gaddafi forces and loyalist pro-Gaddafi forces for control of the town of Msallata which took place in early August 2011.

Clashes

On 4 August, a Msallata resident reported to Reuters that, on 3 August, "There was a clash between people waiting in a queue outside a bakery. It was just before sunset, when people break the Ramadan fast". After police intervened, it turned into a protest against the government. Several government buildings were set on fire, troops were called in and the town declared a closed area.^[1] Local rebels overran a local school that was being used as a base for government troops in the town.^[2]

On 6 August, Msallata rebels reported to AFP that pro-Gaddafi forces did not control the town, but had it surrounded and were making arrests on the periphery. Electricity and communications were cut off and they feared a bloodbath.^[3]

On 7 August, Raed Hussein, an envoy from Msallata's military council, reported that the town remained under rebel control after four days of siege. However, he expected that more loyalists would be sent from nearby Khoms to bolster the siege.^[2]

On 9 August, rebel-aligned al-Manara Media reported that a private militia run by a "gangster" appointed by Gaddafi controlled Msallata's exits while anti-Gaddafi Msallata residents controlled most of the inner city.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "Three killed in town south of Tripoli - resident". Reuters Africa. Reuters. 4 August 2011. Archived from the original on 26 September 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Kadhafi forces report gains, launch offensive". MSN Arabia. Agence France-Presse. 7 August 2011. Archived from the original on 29 January 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
^ "Libyan rebels report town under siege". Times Live. 6 August 2011. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
^ "Gaddafi appoints gangster as new overlord of Msalata". Alexblx. 9 August 2011. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2011.

Libyan civil war (2011)

Part of the Arab Spring

Timeline

Forces

Battles

Cyrenaica	Battle of Bayda First Battle of Benghazi First Battle of Brega Battle of Ra's Lanuf Battle of Bin Jawad Second Battle of Brega Battle of Ajdabiya Second Battle of Benghazi First Gulf of Sidra offensive Third Battle of Brega Battle of Brega–Ajdabiya road Cyrenaica campaign Fourth Battle of Brega Ra's Lanuf raid
Fezzan	Sabha clashes Fezzan campaign Battle of Sabha Ghadames raid
Tripolitania	First Tripoli clashes Battle of Misrata First Battle of Zawiya Nafusa Mountain Campaign Battle of Wazzin Battle of Gharyan Battle of the Misrata frontline Zliten uprising Battle of Zliten Battle of Tawergha Zawiya skirmish Msallata clashes Rebel coastal offensive Second Battle of Zawiya Ras Ajdir clashes Battle of Tripoli Second Gulf of Sidra offensive Battle of Sirte Battle of Bani Walid Second Tripoli clashes

NATO operations

People

Anti-Gaddafi	Mustafa Abdul Jalil Mahmoud Jibril Abdul Fatah Younis Khalifa Haftar Abdelhakim Belhadj Ali al-Sallabi Abdul Hafiz Ghoga Suleiman Mahmoud Omar El-Hariri Mohammed Ali Madani Mustafa Bin Dardef Hamid Hassy Daou al-Salhine al-Jadak Jalal al-Digheily Ali Tarhouni Abdel Moneim al-Houni Ali Zeidan Abdurrahim El-Keib Osama al-Juwaili Ahmed al-Senussi Hussein Darbouk Fathi Terbil Ali Attalah Obeidi Mahdi al-Harati Khalid Shahmah Yousef Mangoush Abu Oweis Abdullah Naker Ismail al-Salabi Sadiq Al-Ghariani Seham Sergiwa Fathi Bashagha Mustafa A. G. Abushagur Ahmed Omar Bani Al-Mahdi Al-Barghathi Salwa Bughaighis Abdel-Hakim al-Hasidi Kais al-Hilali Ali Abd-al-Aziz al-Isawi Mohammed Magariaf Mohammed Najm Mehdi Mohammed Zeyo Mahmoud al-Werfalli
Pro-Gaddafi	Muammar Gaddafi Abu-Bakr Yunis Jabr Saif al-Islam Gaddafi Khamis Gaddafi Mutassim Gaddafi Al-Saadi Gaddafi Ayesha Gaddafi Abdullah Senussi Ali Sharif al-Rifi Moussa Ibrahim Abuzed Omar Dorda Baghdadi Mahmudi Mansour Dhao Saif al-Arab Gaddafi Ahmed al-Gaddafi al-Qahsi Mohammed Abdullah al-Senussi Bashir Saleh Bashir Ahmed Gaddaf al-Dam Abdel Rahman Abdel Hamid Tohami Khaled Ali Kanna Khweldi Hameidi Muftah Anaqrat Hasan al-Kabir al-Gaddafi Mohamed Gayth Massoud Abdelhafid Mahdi al-Arabi Huda Ben Amer Hala Misrati Safia Farkash Abdul Ati al-Obeidi Mohamed Abu al-Qasim al-Zwai Salih Rajab al-Mismari Abdul Majid al-Qa′ud Tayeb El-Safi Sayyid Gaddaf al-Dam Bashir Saghir Hawadi Abdulqadir al-Baghdadi Mustafa Kharoubi
NATO	James G. Stavridis Charles Bouchard Ralph Jodice Rinaldo Veri J. Christopher Stevens
Others	Moussa Koussa Shukri Ghanem Abdel Rahman Shalgham Abdessalam Jalloud Ali Treki Imbarek Shamekh Nuri al-Mismari Mohammed Nabbous Iman al-Obeidi Prince Mohammed El Senussi Prince Idris bin Abdullah al-Senussi Hussein Sadiq al Musrati Mustafa Ben Halim Ihab Al-Mismari

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