Battle of Zliten

First Battle of Zliten
	Part of the Battle of the Misrata frontline
Date	21 July–4 August 2011 (First phase); 5–18 August 2011 (Second phase); 19 August 2011 (Third phase)
Location	Zliten, Libya
Result	Pro-Gaddafi victory (First phase); Stalemate (Second phase); Anti-Gaddafi victory (Third phase)
Belligerents
Anti-Gaddafi forces National Liberation Army; Foreign military advisors; UNSC Resolution 1973 forces NATO air forces;	Gaddafi Loyalists Libyan Army; Paramilitary forces;
Commanders and leaders
Suleiman Mahmoud	Khamis Gaddafi; Abdullah Senussi; Abdul Nabih Zayid (POW)
Casualties and losses
114 killed,; 504 wounded	76–86 killed*; Unknown number wounded
	100+ civilians killed**
	Based largely on unconfirmed rebel claims; *Based largely on unconfirmed and partially confirmed loyalist claims

The Battle of Zliten followed an unsuccessful uprising in Zliten, Libya, during the Libyan Civil War. It began on 21 July 2011 when elements of the National Liberation Army, part of the anti-Gaddafi forces seeking to overthrow the government of Muammar Gaddafi, moved into the city of Zliten after struggling over the course of the past several months to extend the frontline westward from Misrata, the second-largest city in rebel hands.

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