Western Libya campaign

Western Libya campaign
	Part of the Second Libyan Civil War
	; Above: Map showing the Libyan National Army's offensive and Government of National Accord's counterattack within western Libya ; Libyan National Army control Government of National Accord control Neutral area (Bani Walid)(For a more detailed, up-to-date, interactive map, see here).
Date	First phase: 4 April 2019 – 25 March 2020; (11 months and 3 weeks); Second phase: 26 March – 5 June 2020; (2 months, 1 week and 2 days)
Location	Western Libya
Result	GNA victory LNA failed to capture Tripoli; GNA launched an offensive codenamed "Operation Paths to Victory";
Belligerents
House of Representatives Libyan National Army; Libyan Navy; (LNA–aligned); Libyan Air Force; (LNA–aligned); Wagner Group; Sudan (RSF); PFLL; Supported by:; United Arab Emirates; Russia; Egypt; Saudi Arabia; Israel (allegedly, denied by LNA); France; Jordan; Syria; Iran (alleged)	Government of National Accord Libyan Army; Libyan Navy; (GNA–aligned); Libyan Air Force; (GNA–aligned); Tripoli Protection Force; Misrata militias ; Zawiya militias; Libya Shield Force (alleged); SNA (since Dec. 2019) ; Supported by:; Turkey; Qatar; Italy;
Commanders and leaders
Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar; (LNA supreme commander); Maj. Gen. Abdulrazek al-Nadoori; (Chief of staff); Maj. Gen. Abdul Salam al-Hassi; (Senior commander); Brig. Gen. Ahmed al-Mismari; (Senior commander);	Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj; (head of Presidential Council); Maj. Gen. Osama al-Juwaili; (joint operations room leader); Maj. Gen. Abdul Basset Marwan; (Tripoli Military Region commander); Emad al-Tarabelsi; (Capital security commander); Atef Braqeek; (Tripoli Protection Force commander); Abu Yaroub Al-Athari †; (al-Wefaq militia Commander)
Units involved
See order of battle	See order of battle
Strength
3,000; 200–2,000; 300–400; 3,000; unknown;	5,000 total 3,000 (in Tripoli); 2,000 (in Tripoli's surroundings); 13,000 (June 2020); 50 advisors
Casualties and losses
513 killed; 1 MiG-21MF 1 AN-26 lost 2 Il-76 destroyed 2 Mi-35 captured, and 8 UAVs lost,; 5 Pantsir destroyed or captured; 10–35 PMCs killed; 6 soldiers killed (per GNA; disputed); 1 killed	940 killed (per LNA; 2019 only); 3 Mirage F1, 5 L-39, 1 Il-78, 1 helicopter & 21 UAVs lost; 351–500 killed, 27 captured; 2 killed; 1 Italian MQ-9 Reaper UAV lost;
	2,458+ killed overall (2,000+ combatants and 458 civilians); 146,000 displaced; 1 US MQ-9 Reaper UAV lost;
	a On May 2020, GNA captured Al-Watiya Air Base and seized the remains of 2 Mirage F1 and 1 Su-22, but none of them were operational and mostly were used to make spare parts.; b UAE announced the death of six soldiers in a car collision in Yemen. However, the GNA stated that they were killed by GNA airstrikes in Libya.

The Western Libya campaign was a military campaign initiated on 4 April 2019 by the Operation Flood of Dignity (Arabic: عملية طوفان الكرامة) of the Libyan National Army, which represents the Libyan House of Representatives, to capture the western region of Libya and eventually the capital Tripoli held by the United Nations Security Council-recognised Government of National Accord. The Government of National Accord regained control over all of Tripoli in June 2020 and the LNA forces withdrew from the capital, after fourteen months of fighting.

The offensive resulted in over 2,468 dead. It began on 4 April 2019, 10 days before the Libyan National Conference for organising presidential and parliamentary elections in Libya had been planned to take place, and five days after the first session of the 2019 Libyan local elections was held successfully. As a result of the offensive, United Nations Support Mission in Libya postponed the forthcoming Libyan National Conference.

War crimes and crimes against humanity that take place during the conflict are covered by the mandate of the International Criminal Court investigation in Libya under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1970.

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