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Egypt admitted to 80 soldiers killed, wounded or missing, but attempted to paint the Israeli raid in the best possible light. [5] It initially reported that Israelis "attempted to land" on the island and had suffered 30 casualties and lost 2 aircraft, [ 10 ] and later stated Israeli forces failed to remain on the island "due to stiff resistance ...
As-Sa'iqa (Arabic: الصَّاعِقَة, romanized: aṣ-Ṣāʽiqa, lit. 'Thunderbolt'), officially known as Vanguard for the Popular Liberation War - Lightning Forces, (Arabic: طَلائِع حَرْب التَّحْرِير الشَّعْبِيَّة - قُوَّات الصَّاعِقَة, romanized: Ṭalāʼiʽ Ḥarb at-Taḥrīr aš-Šaʽbiyya - Quwwāt aṣ-Ṣāʽiqa) is a ...
Saiqa may refer to: Al-Saiqa (Libya), Libyan Special Forces; As-Sa'iqa, a Palestinian Baathist political and military faction; Saiqa, a Pakistani television drama series; Saiqa a 1968 Pakistani Urdu film; Sa'ka Forces, Egyptian Special Forces; Saiqa (actress), a Pakistani film actress
Sa'ka Forces (thunderbolt), an Egyptian military commando force; As-Sa'iqa (thunderbolt), a Palestinian Ba'athist political and military faction; Al-Saiqa (Libya) (thunderbolt), a special forces unit; The Thunderbolts, the former aerobatic demonstration team of the Indian Air Force
The Libyan Special Forces (LSF) (Arabic: القوات الخاصة الليبية), also known as the Al-Saiqa or Saiqa Special Forces [2] [3] [4] and simply Saiqa [5] or Al-Saiqa [6] [7] (Arabic: الصاعقة; English: lightning, thunderbolt), are an elite Libyan National Army unit formed from a mixture of paratroopers, paramilitary forces and commandos.
Saiqa Special Forces officer Fadel Al-Hassi claimed that Saiqa abandoned the base, which included both Camp 36 in the Bu Attni district as well as the special forces school, after coming under heavy shelling. The battle for the base involved the use of rockets and warplanes, and resulted in the deaths of at least 30 people.
The Tripoli brigade and Tajoura battalion are in fact currently fighting against haftar in Tripoli (April 2019) The Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries are fighting on the part of the GNA at the Gulf of Sidra Offensive (2017).
Until 1970, as-Saiqa remained under the control of Jadid. [50] Following the outbreak of the Syrian Civil War in 2011, as-Sa'iqa took up arms in support of the Syrian Ba'athist government, participating in numerous military operations such as the Southern Damascus offensive (April–May 2018). [51] As-Sa'iqa Secretary-General