The Civilian Harm Watchdog

Military Actors

Government of National Accord

The Libyan Government of National Accord was the internationally-recognised government of Libya for the period 2015-2021. Its forces played a major role in the Libyan Civil War, in particular in conflict with the Libyan National Army of General Khalifa Haftar.

Airwars documented allegations of civilian harm from GNA and allied military actors throughout the Libyan Civil War.

138 incidents involving Government of National Accord

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Incident Date

Incident Code

Location

الساعدية, Al Sa'adeh, Tarabulus, Libya

Libya Al Ahrar reported that "the remains of a citizen were found in a civilian car, likely hit by a missile attack in the Al Sa'adeh area by the Haftar militia at the beginning of its aggression on the capital." Also Burkan Al Ghadab Operation page posted the news saying that "Al-Jafara Security Directorate members…

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Civilians reported killed

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Government of National Accord, Libyan National Army

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Incident Code

Location

جنوب سرت, South of Sirte, Surt, Libya

Ten civilians, including two children, were allegedly killed by GNA or Turkish drone strike 50km south of Sirte. Libyan Crimes Watch reported: "Today, Saturday, June 6, at 2am GNA forces bombed civilian cars 50 km south of Sirte, which were receiving displaced families from Tarhuna, and the shelling killed ten (10) civilians, including two children,…

Summary

Airstrike (Drone Strike)

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Government of National Accord, GNA/Turkish Military

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Location

طريق المنارة, Al Manara Road, Tarabulus, Libya

Between 12 and 20 civilians were allegedly killed by a GNA or Turkish airstrike on Qasr Bin Gashir. Al Marsad said: "A Turkish aircraft committed a massacre late yesterday, Wednesday, against the family of Al-Lafi, including women and children, in the Qasr Bin Gashir area, south of Tripoli, specifically in the Al-Manara area. Muhammad al-Lafi,…

Summary

Airstrike (Drone Strike)

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Government of National Accord, GNA/Turkish Military

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Incident Code

Location

قصر بن غشير, Qasr Bin Gashir, Tarabulus, Libya

An unknown number of civilians was killed and injured in alleged GNA and Turkish shelling on residential areas of Qasr Bin Ghashir on June 1st, 2020, according to local sources. At least one child was among the victims. According to Khamis Al Sheikhi, "the Capital randomly targeted residential neighbourhoods in the centre of Qasr Bin…

Summary

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Government of National Accord, GNA/Turkish Military

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Research and Investigations

The siege of Tripoli: visualising a year of violence

Two months after the brutal siege of Libya’s capital ended, new interactive Airwars mapping shows the impact of 14 months of fighting between two rival governments on the city’s beleaguered civilians. Airwars has visualised every allegation of civilian harm from air and artillery strikes during the period of war in and around Tripoli between April […]

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 […]