Battle of Tripoli Airport

Battle of Tripoli Airport
	Part of the Second Libyan Civil War
	; Tripoli International Airport
Date	13 July – 23 August 2014; (1 month, 1 week and 3 days)
Location	Tripoli International Airport, Libya
Result	Libya Dawn victory Zintani forces and their allies withdraw on orders of House of Representatives; Islamist armed groups take control of the airport; Airport now unused;
Belligerents
Zintani brigades Al-Qaqa battalion; Al Sawa'iq battalion; Warshefana battalions; Zintani Airport Security; Supported by: Egypt; United Arab Emirates; Libyan National Army;	Libya Dawn coalition Libya Revolutionaries Operations Room; Central Shield Misrata brigades; Al Somoud Battalion; Ghnewa Al Kikli Battalion; Al Qabra Battalion; Ansar al-Sharia (Libya); LIFG; Supported by: Qatar; Turkey;
Commanders and leaders
	Nouri Abusahmain; (President of the GNC, disputed); Sadiq Al-Ghariani; (Grand Mufti); Mohammed Hadia; (Operation Libya Dawn Commander); Shaaban Hadia; (LROR Commander)

The Battle of Tripoli Airport was a major event that took place during the Second Libyan Civil War. It began on 13 July 2014 as part of a series of operations dubbed "Libya Dawn" or " فجر ليبيا" by a coalition of Islamist militias whom led a coup d'état operation against the House of Representatives (Libya) due to the 2014 Libyan parliamentary election and a series of operations to recapture the Airport and political institutions to wrest control over the capital of Tripoli. The battle ended in August 2014 with the capture of the Airport and ultimately its destruction. The battle was fought between an Islamist New General National Congress and the Zintani brigades.

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