Battle of Benghazi (2014)

Battle of Benghazi (2014)
	Part of Second Libyan Civil War
Date	16 May – 29 July 2014; (2 months, 1 week and 6 days)
Location	Benghazi, Libya
Result	The Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries victory Beginning of Second Libyan Civil War; Withdrawal of Libyan National Army from Benghazi; Declaring of Benghazi as an islamic emirate; Continue clashes between two Belligerents led to Battle of Benina Airport;
Belligerents
Libyan National Army	Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries; ISIL linked Factions; Youth Shura Council Derna; Ansar al sharia brigades; Jund al-Khilafah;
Commanders and leaders
Gen. Khalifa Haftar; (Commander of Operation Dignity); Col. Wanis Abu Khamada; (Commander of Libya's Special Forces); Brig. Gen. Saqr Geroushi; (Commander of the Libyan Air Force)	Mohamed al-Zahawi; (Ansar al-Sharia Leader); Wissam Ben Hamid; (Libya Shield 1 Commander)
Strength
900+ soldiers	14,000+ rebels
Casualties and losses
196–367 killed	Unknown
	*The number of dead on the army side includes both opposition fighters and civilians

The Battle of Benghazi was a battle of the Second Libyan Civil War. It was fought in May and July 2014 between the Islamic Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries (supported by the LROR and Misrata Brigades) and the Libyan National Army, and some residents which stood with the army in the city. The Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries led by Ansar al-Sharia (Libya) has been designated as a terrorist organization by the United Nations, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States.

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