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The 2013 Benghazi conflict is a part of the aftermath of the Libyan civil war, that began after clashes erupted between protesters and militants from the Libya Shield brigade on 8 June 2013. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ dubious – discuss ]
One of these aircraft, a Soviet-made MiG-23BN, was shown having been shot down in a friendly fire incident over Benghazi after it was mistaken for an enemy aircraft. They had also captured a large number of ZU-23-2 and ZPU anti-aircraft guns , as well as rocket-propelled grenades , KPV 14.5×114mm Dshk machine guns , FN FAL , F2000 and AK-47 ...
This is a list of active rebel groups that control territory around the world whose domains may be subnational, transnational, or international. A "rebel group" is defined here as a polity that uses armed conflict in opposition to established government (or governments) for reasons such as to seek political change or to establish, maintain, or to gain independence.
A member of OPEC, Libya ranks ninth among world nations for the size of its proven oil reserves -- 48 billion barrels, just behind Russia, and ahead of Nigeria, Kazakhstan, and Qatar.
The Åland movement (Ålandsrörelsen) wanted Åland to reunite with its old mother country Sweden (Finland and Åland belonged to Sweden before 1809). The movement gathered signatures from over 7000 inhabitants of legal age at the Åland Islands in 1917 (that was about 96% of the population) - they all supported a union with Sweden.
The First Battle of Benghazi was fought between army units and militiamen loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and anti-Gaddafi forces in February 2011 during the Libyan Civil War. The battle mainly took place in Benghazi , the second-largest city in Libya, with related clashes occurring in the nearby Cyrenaican cities of Bayda and Derna .
The Battle of Benghazi (2014–2017) was a major battle of the Second Libyan Civil War that raged from October 2014 to December 2017, between the Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Libya, and the Libyan National Army (LNA), and paramilitaries supporting the LNA in the city.
Local or city Maps of ongoing insurgencies, armed conflicts, disputes of territories, military conflicts, and also current civil or international wars: Iraq, Lebanon, Syria (Civil + Countries War)