Misrata Military Council Misrata Revolutionary Brigades
كتائب مصراتة المجلس العسكري واتحاد الثوار مصراتة
Active
February 2011-present
Country
Libya
Allegiance
Government of National Unity
Size
40,000+ fighters, 200+ Battalions[1][2][3]
Garrison/HQ
Misrata, Libya
Motto(s)
"مصراتة الصمود" "ليبيا حرة وستبقى حرة"
Anniversaries
February 17th
Engagements
Factional violence in Libya
2012 Bani Walid uprising
Siege of Bani Walid (2012)
Second Libyan Civil War
Western Libya campaign
Battle of Sirte (2016)
Libyan civil war (2011)
Battle of Misrata (2011)
Battle of the Misrata frontline
Battle of Tripoli (2011)
Battle of Sirte (2016)
Commanders
Founder
Ibrahim Ben Rajib
Brigadier General
Mohammed al-Gasri
Mayor
Mohammed Eshtaiwi
Spokesperson
Fathi Bashagha
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Military unit
The Misrata Military Council, also commonly referred to as the Misrata Brigades, or the Misrata Revolutionary Brigades,[4] are armed units linked to the town of Misrata and its surrounding area, allied to, but separate from, the Libyan Army. They are the largest and strongest military unit in all of Libya,[5][6] consisting of 40,000 fighters with over 200 battalions, making them the largest block of fighters.[7][8] The Misrata Brigades played a large part in the Libyan Revolution, which overthrew Gaddafi, as well as the Second Libyan Civil War in which they fought the Libyan National Army as well as ISIL in Sirte.[9][10]
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^"A QUICK GUIDE TO LIBYA'S MAIN PLAYERS" (PDF). InternatioalAffairs. The prosperous port city of Misrata is home to Libya's largest and most powerful militias.
^Böhm (text), Daniel (2023-02-28). "The lions of Misrata: how Libya's warrior and merchant city is trying to reinvent itself". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in Swiss High German). ISSN 0376-6829. Retrieved 2024-02-13. After the fall of Moammar Gadhafi, the commercial metropolis of Misrata with its militias became Libya's most powerful city.
^"The Strategic Importance of Misrata for Libya's Future | Global Center for Security Studies". 2019-08-05. Retrieved 2024-02-13.
^Pack, Jason; Mezran, Karim; Eljarh, Mohamed (2014). Meet the Militias, Their Leaderships, Alliance System, and Subgroupings (Report). Atlantic Council. pp. 30–31.
^"The Libyan Quagmire". Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. Retrieved 2024-02-13.
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