Aaron Barrett's List: WW1 Final Project Resources

• Date 15 March 2011 (2011-03-15) – ongoing
   (2 years, 3 weeks and 6 days)  Location Mainly Syria, with minor spillovers in neighboring countries  Result Ongoing
• Belligerents   Syrian government 
   
  • Syrian Armed Forces
   
  • Jaysh al-Sha'bi
   
  • Shabiha
   
   

   Iran^[1][2]
  

   
   
  • Revolutionary Guards
   
  • Basij^[3]
   
   

  Foreign militants:

   
   
  • Hezbollah^[4]
   
  • PFLP–GC^[5]
   
  • Iraqi Shia militias^[6]
   
   

  (For other forms of foreign support, see here)

     Syrian National Coalition^[7]
   
   
  • Free Syrian Army
   
   
   
  Supported by:[show]
   
   
  •  Turkey (since Jun 2012)^[8]
     (including border clashes)
      Qatar (since May 2012)^[8]
      Saudi Arabia (since May 2012)^[8]
     (For other forms of foreign support, see here)
   
   
   

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  Al-Nusra Front^[9]
    Ghuraba al-Sham^[10]

   

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  • Kurdistan Democratic Party ^[11]
   
   
   
  • Kurdish Democratic Union Party
   
   
   
  • Popular Protection Units^[12]
   
   

  For more on Kurdish involvement, see here</small
• Strength   Syrian Armed Forces: 200,000 (by Nov 2011),^[15]
   

  120,000 (by Jan 2013)^[16]
   110,000 (by Mar 2013)^[17] General Security Directorate: 8,000
    Shabiha militiamen: 10,000 fighters
    National Defense Force: 10,000 soldiers^[18]
    50 000 new localized recruits trained by Iran, Hezbollah, Syria^[19]
    15,000 soldiers^[20][21]
   Hezbollah: 1,500^[22]–5,000^[23] fighters
   Iraqi Shi'ite militias: 500 fighters^[6]

    40,000 (by May 2012)^[24]
   

  70,000–100,000 (by Sep 2012)^[25]
   Specifics:

   
   
  • 30,000 defectors
   
   

   

  (by Jul 2012)^[26]

   

   
   
  • 6,000–10,000 Al-Nusra Front^[27]
   
  • 1,500–3,000 foreign Mujahideen^[28]
   
   

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  4,000–10,000 YPG fighters^[29][30]
• Casualties and losses  Syrian government 

  15,283 soldiers and policemen killed^[31]
   1,000 government officials killed^[32]
   1,030+ government forces captured^{[33][34][35][36]}
   Iran and Hezbollah
   590 killed^{[37][38][39][40][41]} PFLP–GC
   14+ killed^[42][43]

    14,302^[31]–14,954^[44][45][46] fighters killed* 

  979–2,715 protesters killed^[47][48]
   36,637 protesters and fighters captured^[49]

     62,550^[31]–63,800^[49][50] deaths documented by opposition**
   

  70,000 Syrians killed overall (February 2013 UN estimate)^[51]
   120,000 killed overall (April 2013 SOHR estimate, unconfirmed)^[52]
   548 foreign civilians killed (see here)
  

   

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  14 Iraqi soldiers killed^[53][54]
    2 Turkish F4 Phantom pilots killed
    2 Lebanese soldiers killed^[55]
    1 Jordanian soldier killed^[56]

   

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  1.2 million internally displaced^[57]
   1,204,707 refugees (March 2013 UNHCR figure)^[58]
   130,000 missing or detained^[59]

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•  18 December 2010 (2010-12-18) – 14 January 2011
   (3 weeks and 6 days)
• Location Tunisia  Causes  
   
  • Government corruption
   
  • Inflation
   
  • Unemployment
   
  • Political repression
• Death(s)
•      

  	338[6]
  Injuries	2,147[6]

• Sidi Bouzid and Mohamed Bouazizi

   

  Twenty-six-year-old Mohamed Bouazizi had been the sole income earner in his extended family of eight. He operated a vegetable cart for seven years in Sidi Bouzid 190 miles (300 km) south of Tunis. On 17 December 2010, a policewoman confiscated his cart and produce. Bouazizi, who had such an event happen to him before, tried to pay the 10-dinar fine (a day's wages, equivalent to 7USD). In response the policewoman insulted his deceased father and slapped him. The woman, Faida Hamdi, tells a markedly different story.^[40] A humiliated Bouazizi then went to the provincial headquarters in an attempt to complain to local municipality officials and to have his produce returned. He was refused an audience. Without alerting his family, at 11:30 am and within an hour of the initial confrontation, Bouazizi returned to the headquarters, doused himself with a flammable liquid and set himself on fire. Public outrage quickly grew over the incident, leading to protests.^[41][42] This immolation and the subsequent heavy-handed response by the police to peaceful marchers caused riots the next day in Sidi Bouzid that went largely unnoticed, although social media sites such as Facebook and YouTube featured images of police dispersing youths who attacked shop windows and damaged cars. Bouazizi was subsequently transferred to a hospital near Tunis. In an attempt to quell the unrest President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali visited Bouazizi in hospital on 28 December 2010. Bouazizi died on 4 January 2011.^[43]
• about 4,000 mostly Tunisian refugees landed on the Italian island of Lampedusa,

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• opposing Gaddafi establishing an interim governing body, the National Transitional Council.
• On 16 September 2011, the National Transitional Council was recognised by the United Nations as the legal representative of Libya, replacing the Gaddafi government. Muammar Gaddafi remained at large until 20 October 2011, when he was captured and killed attempting to escape from Sirte.
• 15 February 2011 – 23 October 2011
   (8 months, 1 week and 1 day)  Location Libya  Result Overthrow of Gaddafi government 
   
  • Anti-Gaddafi forces take control of all major Libyan cities.
   
  • Death of Muammar Gaddafi
   
  • Assumption of interim control by National Transitional Council (NTC)
   
  • Diplomatic recognition of NTC as sole governing authority for Libya by 105 countries, UN, EU, AL and AU
   
  • Ongoing inter-factional fighting^[1]
• <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color: #B0C4DE; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; font-size: 110%;">Belligerents</th><br/></tr><br/><tr><br/><td style="width:50%; border-right:1px dotted #aaa;"><span class="flagicon"><a rel="nofollow" title="Libya" href="/wiki/Libya"><img class="thumbborder" height="11" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Libya.svg/22px-Flag_of_Libya.svg.png" alt="Libya" width="22" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Libya.svg/33px-Flag_of_Libya.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Libya.svg/44px-Flag_of_Libya.svg.png 2x"></a></span> <a rel="nofollow" title="National Transitional Council" href="/wiki/National_Transitional_Council">National Transitional Council</a><br/><ul><br/><li><a rel="nofollow" title="National Liberation Army (Libya)" href="/wiki/National_Liberation_Army_(Libya)">National Liberation Army</a><br/><ul><br/><li><a rel="nofollow" title="Free Libyan Air Force" href="/wiki/Free_Libyan_Air_Force">Free Libyan Air Force</a></li><br/></ul><br/></li><br/><li>Anti-Gaddafi tribes<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-tribewsj_2-0"><a rel="nofollow" href="#cite_note-tribewsj-2"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-tribespiegel_3-0"><a rel="nofollow" href="#cite_note-tribespiegel-3"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a></sup></li><br/></ul><br/><p><span class="flagicon"><img class="thumbborder" height="9" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Qatar.svg/22px-Flag_of_Qatar.svg.png" alt="" width="22" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Qatar.svg/33px-Flag_of_Qatar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Qatar.svg/44px-Flag_of_Qatar.svg.png 2x">&nbsp;</span><a rel="nofollow" title="Qatar" href="/wiki/Qatar">Qatar</a><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4"><a rel="nofollow" href="#cite_note-4"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5"><a rel="nofollow" href="#cite_note-5"><span>[</span>5<span>]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6"><a rel="nofollow" href="#cite_note-6"><span>[</span>6<span>]</span></a></sup></p><br/><hr><br/><p><a rel="nofollow" title="Member states of the United Nations" href="/wiki/Member_states_of_the_United_Nations">UN member states</a> enforcing <a rel="nofollow" title="United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973" href="/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_1973">UNSC Resolution 1973</a>:</p><br/><ul><br/><li><span class="flagicon"><img class="thumbborder" height="17" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Flag_of_NATO.svg/22px-Flag_of_NATO.svg.png" alt="" width="22" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Flag_of_NATO.svg/33px-Flag_of_NATO.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Flag_of_NATO.svg/44px-Flag_of_NATO.svg.png 2x">&nbsp;</span><a rel="nofollow" title="NATO" href="/wiki/NATO">NATO</a></li><br/></ul><br/><div id="NavFrame1" class="NavFrame collapsed" style="border:none;padding:0;"><br/><div class="NavHead" align="left" style="font-size:105%; background:transparent;"><a rel="nofollow" title="2011 military intervention in Libya" href="/wiki/2011_military_intervention_in_Libya">full list</a><a rel="nofollow" id="NavToggle1" class="NavToggle" style="" href="#">[show]</a></div><br/><ul class="NavContent" style="text-align: left; font-size: 105%; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: inherit; display: none;"><br/><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><span class="flagicon"><img class="thumbborder" height="13" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/22px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png" alt="" width="22" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/33px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/44px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 2x">&nbsp;</span><a rel="nofollow" title="Bulgaria" href="/wiki/Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a></li><br/><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><span class="flagicon"><img class="thumbborder" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png" alt="" width="22" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 2x">&nbsp;</span><a rel="nofollow" title="Belgium" href="/wiki/Belgium">Belgium</a></li><br/><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><span class="flagicon"><img class="thumbborder" height="11" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/cf/Flag_of_Canada.svg/22px-Flag_of_Canada.svg.png" alt="" width="22" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/cf/Flag_of_Canada.svg/33px-Flag_of_Canada.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/cf/Flag_of_Canada.svg/44px-Flag_of_Canada.svg.png 2x">&nbsp;</span><a rel="nofollow" title="Canada" href="/wiki/Canada">Canada</a></li><br/><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><span class="flagicon"><img class="thumbborder" height="17" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/22px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" alt="" width="22" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/33px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/44px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x">&nbsp;</span><a rel="nofollow" title="Denmark" href="/wiki/Denmark">Denmark</a></li><br/><li style="line-height: inherit; 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margin: 0"><span class="flagicon"><img class="thumbborder" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" alt="" width="22" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/33px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/44px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x">&nbsp;</span><a rel="nofollow" title="Italy" href="/wiki/Italy">Italy</a></li><br/><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><span class="flagicon"><img class="thumbborder" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" alt="" width="22" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x">&nbsp;</span><a rel="nofollow" title="Kingdom of the Netherlands" href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands">Netherlands</a></li><br/><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><span class="flagicon"><img class="thumbborder" height="16" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/22px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" alt="" width="22" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/33px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/44px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x">&nbsp;</span><a rel="nofollow" title="Norway" href="/wiki/Norway">Norway</a><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7"><a rel="nofollow" href="#cite_note-7"><span>[</span>7<span>]</span></a></sup></li><br/><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><span class="flagicon"><img class="thumbborder" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/22px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png" alt="" width="22" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/33px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/44px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 2x">&nbsp;</span><a rel="nofollow" title="Romania" href="/wiki/Romania">Romania</a></li><br/><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><span class="flagicon"><img class="thumbborder" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/22px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" alt="" width="22" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/33px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/44px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x">&nbsp;</span><a rel="nofollow" title="Spain" href="/wiki/Spain">Spain</a></li><br/><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><span class="flagicon"><img class="thumbborder" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/22px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" alt="" width="22" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/33px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/44px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x">&nbsp;</span><a rel="nofollow" title="Turkey" href="/wiki/Turkey">Turkey</a></li><br/><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><span class="flagicon"><img class="thumbborder" height="11" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" alt="" width="22" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x">&nbsp;</span><a rel="nofollow" title="United Kingdom" href="/wiki/United_Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></li><br/><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><span class="flagicon"><img class="thumbborder" height="12" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" alt="" width="22" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x">&nbsp;</span><a rel="nofollow" title="United States" href="/wiki/United_States">United States</a></li><br/></ul><br/></div><br/><ul><br/><li><span class="flagicon"><img class="thumbborder" height="11" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Flag_of_Jordan.svg/22px-Flag_of_Jordan.svg.png" alt="" width="22" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Flag_of_Jordan.svg/33px-Flag_of_Jordan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Flag_of_Jordan.svg/44px-Flag_of_Jordan.svg.png 2x">&nbsp;</span><a rel="nofollow" title="Jordan" href="/wiki/Jordan">Jordan</a><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8"><a rel="nofollow" href="#cite_note-8"><span>[</span>8<span>]</span></a></sup></li><br/><li><span class="flagicon"><img class="thumbborder" height="14" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/22px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" alt="" width="22" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/33px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/44px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x">&nbsp;</span><a rel="nofollow" title="Sweden" href="/wiki/Sweden">Sweden</a></li><br/><li><span class="flagicon"><img class="thumbborder" height="11" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png" alt="" width="22" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png 2x">&nbsp;</span><a rel="nofollow" title="United Arab Emirates" href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates">UAE</a><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-9"><a rel="nofollow" href="#cite_note-9"><span>[</span>9<span>]</span></a></sup></li><br/></ul><br/><hr><br/><p>Spillover conflict:<br><br/><span class="flagicon"><img class="thumbborder" height="15" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Tunisia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Tunisia.svg.png" alt="" width="22" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Tunisia.svg/33px-Flag_of_Tunisia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Tunisia.svg/44px-Flag_of_Tunisia.svg.png 2x">&nbsp;</span><a rel="nofollow" title="Tunisia" href="/wiki/Tunisia">Tunisia</a> (<a rel="nofollow" title="Battle of Wazzin" href="/wiki/Battle_of_Wazzin">minor border clashes</a>)</p><br/></td><br/><td style="width:50%; padding-left:0.25em"><span class="flagicon"><a rel="nofollow" title="Libyan Arab Jamahiriya" href="/wiki/Libyan_Arab_Jamahiriya"><img class="thumbborder" height="11" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Flag_of_Libya_%281977-2011%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Libya_%281977-2011%29.svg.png" alt="Libyan Arab Jamahiriya" width="22" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Flag_of_Libya_%281977-2011%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Libya_%281977-2011%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Flag_of_Libya_%281977-2011%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Libya_%281977-2011%29.svg.png 2x"></a></span> <a rel="nofollow" title="History of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi" href="/wiki/History_of_Libya_under_Muammar_Gaddafi">Libyan Arab Jamahiriya</a><br/><ul><br/><li><a rel="nofollow" class="mw-redirect" title="Armed forces of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya" href="/wiki/Armed_forces_of_the_Libyan_Arab_Jamahiriya">Libyan Armed Forces</a><br/><ul><br/><li><a rel="nofollow" title="Libyan Army (1951–2011)" href="/wiki/Libyan_Army_(1951%E2%80%932011)">Libyan Army</a></li><br/><li><a rel="nofollow" title="Libyan Air Force (1951–2011)" href="/wiki/Libyan_Air_Force_(1951%E2%80%932011)">Libyan Air Force</a></li><br/><li><a rel="nofollow" title="Libyan Navy" href="/wiki/Libyan_Navy">Libyan Navy</a></li><br/></ul><br/></li><br/><li>Paramilitary forces</li><br/><li>Pro-Gaddafi tribes<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-tribewsj_2-1"><a rel="nofollow" href="#cite_note-tribewsj-2"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-tribespiegel_3-1"><a rel="nofollow" href="#cite_note-tribespiegel-3"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-10"><a rel="nofollow" href="#cite_note-10"><span>[</span>10<span>]</span></a></sup></li><br/><li>Foreign mercenaries<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11"><a rel="nofollow" href="#cite_note-11"><span>[</span>11<span>]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-12"><a rel="nofollow" href="#cite_note-12"><span>[</span>12<span>]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-childmercs_13-0"><a rel="nofollow" href="#cite_note-childmercs-13"><span>[</span>13<span>]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-nervous_14-0"><a rel="nofollow" href="#cite_note-nervous-14"><span>[</span>14<span>]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-chadtuareg_15-0"><a rel="nofollow" href="#cite_note-chadtuareg-15"><span>[</span>15<span>]</span></a></sup></li></ul></td></tr>
• Strength  17,000 defecting soldiers and volunteers^[21] 

  200,000 volunteers by war's end
   (NTC estimate)^[22]

   

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  International Forces: Numerous air and maritime forces (see here)

    20,000^[23]–40,000^[24] soldiers and militia  Casualties and losses  ~4,700 opposition fighters killed (NTC estimate),^[25]
   5,887–6,609 opposition fighters and supporters killed (other estimates; see here) 

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  1 airman killed in traffic accident in Italy^[26]
    3 Dutch Marines captured (later released)^[27]

    ~4,700 soldiers killed (NTC estimate),^[25]
   3,309–4,227 soldiers killed (other estimates; see here),
   7,000 captured*^[2
• In late January, Jamal al-Hajji, a writer, political commentator and accountant, "call[ed] on the Internet for demonstrations to be held in support of greater freedoms in Libya" inspired by the Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions

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• These pro-democracy movements rose up against the dictatorial regimes and corrupt leaders that had ruled for decades in some cases
• they have been popular uprisings, leaderless and uncompromising in demanding total change.

• orruption and complicity in murder of protesters