2012 Tripoli airport clashes | |||||||
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Part of Post-civil war violence in Libya | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Al-Awfea Brigade |
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Unknown |
Hakim Buhagir Essam al-Gatous | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
200 militants 60–70 vehicles 2 tanks |
1,500 Ministry of Interior SSC personnel 1,500 Ministry of Defence personnel | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
17+ militiamen arrested 4 militiamen wounded 1 tank destroyed 1 tank captured | 60 wounded |
The 2012 Tripoli airport clashes occurred on 4 June 2012, after members of the Al-Awfea militia stormed the Tripoli International Airport as a measure to prompt the government's release of its jailed leader, Abu Oegeila al-Hebshi.