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Incident Date

20 June 2015

Incident Code

LC018b

Location

النوفلية, Nofaliya, Sirte, Libya
On Saturday, June 20, 2015, one civilian was reportedly killed in an alleged General National Congress/Libya Dawn airstrike on a power station in Nofaliya, in the Sirte district of Libya. Russeifa News reported in a post on Facebook that Libya Dawn military aircraft strikes the electricity building in the Nofaliya area, resulting the death of…

Summary

Published
20 June 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
General National Congress (GNC)
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Incident Date

23 May 2015

Incident Code

LC017b

Location

زعفران, Zaafran, Surt, Libya
A father and one or two of his daughters were reported killed as a result of an alleged GNC/Libya Dawn airstrike on Sirte. Most sources claim that a father with his two daughters were killed in an airstrike on their family home. However, some sources reported that only one of his daughters died and they were in…

Summary

Published
23 May 2015
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
0–1
Military Actor
General National Congress (GNC)
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Incident Date

24 April 2015

Incident Code

LQ007a

Location

سرت‎, Sirte, Surt, Libya
Dawa Alhaq reported a GNC/Libya Dawn airstrike in Sirte likely resulting in civilian harm: “A military aircraft belonging to the ‘Dawn of Libya’ militia, backed by Libya’s brothers who control Tripoli, launched air strikes on Thursday night on sites in the city of Sirte. ‘A Libyan warplane launched several air strikes on the sites of…

Summary

Published
24 April 2015
Military Actor
General National Congress (GNC)
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Incident Date

1 April 2015

Incident Code

LQ007

Location

الزنتان, Zintan, Airport, Al Jabal al Gharbi, Libya
According to several local sources, GNC/Libya Dawn planes bombed Zintan airport as well as the nearby village of Rujban. Most sources reported material damage, though there was no mention of civilian harm. Zintan Airport spokesperson Omar Maatouk, speaking to Libya Herald, said that the front of the airport building was damaged by the seven shells…

Summary

Published
1 April 2015
Military Actor
General National Congress (GNC)
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Research and Investigations

6 Apr, 2020
Research
Libya

Libya: a year of living dangerously

Tripoli, the capital of Libya, has entered its second year of being under siege, part of the most significant upsurge in violence in the country’s intermittent civil war since 2012. Hundreds of civilians have so far died – with little effort either domestically or internationally to bring the fighting to an end. While most of […]