Pertempuran Sirte adalah pertempuran terakhir dalam Perang Saudara Libya yang dimulai setelah tentara Dewan Transisi Nasional (NTC) menyerang kota asal Muammar Gaddafi, Sirte. Pada September 2011, hanya tinggal Sirte dan Bani Walid yang masih dikuasai loyali Gaddafi dan NTC berharap bahwa dengan jatuhnya Sirte, perang akan berakhir. Dalam pertempuran ini, Gaddafi sendiri terluka dan ditangkap saat berupaya melarikan diri dari kota. Ia meninggal dalam waktu kurang dari satu jam kemudian. Akibat pertempuran selama hampir sebulan ini, banyak bangunan di Sirte yang hancur.
Pertempuran Sirte | ||||||
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Bagian dari Serangan Teluk Sidra kedua selama Perang Saudara Libya | ||||||
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Pihak terlibat | ||||||
NATO | Loyalis Gaddafi | |||||
Tokoh dan pemimpin | ||||||
Hamid Hassy Mustafa Bin Dardef † Touhami Zayani Essam Baghhar | Muammar Gaddafi † Mansour Dhao (ditangkap) Abdel Rahman Abdel Hamid (ditangkap) | |||||
Kekuatan | ||||||
16.000 pasukan 163-900 kendaraan teknikal | 1.000-5.000 pasukan (klaim NTC) | |||||
Korban | ||||||
265 tewas, 2.030 terluka | 184-868 tewas, 200 terluka, 150+ ditangkap | |||||
800 penduduk tewas (klaim NTC) 2.151 penduduk tewas (klaim loyalis) |
Referensi sunting
- "Nato takes control of enforcing Libya no-fly zone". Dawn. 25 March 2011. Diakses tanggal 26 March 2011.
- Dziadosz, Alexander (28 September 2011). . Sirte. Reuters. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2011-12-03. Diakses tanggal 29 January 2012.
- . Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2012-01-01. Diakses tanggal 2012-05-25.
- "Libyan troops advance on Sirte in heavy fighting". Times of Malta. 6 September 2011. Diakses tanggal 21 October 2011.
- "Street fighting rocks Sirte as Clinton visits Tripoli". Ahram Online. 18 October 2011. Diakses tanggal 18 October 2011.
- . Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2012-01-08. Diakses tanggal 2012-05-25.
- After a day of intense fighting, anti-Gadhafi forces pull back
- "Gaddafi's Ex-Defense Minister Killed - Report". Sofia News Agency. 20 October 2011. Diakses tanggal 21 October 2011.
- Fahim, Kareem (22 October 2011). "In His Last Days, Qaddafi Wearied of Fugitive's Life". The New York Times. Diakses tanggal 23 October 2011.
- "Gaddafi nephew arrested in Sirte". Times LIVE. 9 October 2011. Diakses tanggal 21 October 2011.
- Forces attack Gaddafi stronghold Sirte as end of civil war approaches
- ^ Gaddafi's wife and children flee to Algeria
- Spencer, Richard (15 September 2011). "Libya: rebels 'enter gates of Sirte'". The Daily Telegraph. London. Diakses tanggal 15 September 2011.
- . Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2012-04-04. Diakses tanggal 2012-05-25.
- 11 killed (15 September),[1][pranala nonaktif permanen] 13 killed (16 September),[2][pranala nonaktif permanen] 24 killed (17 September),[3] 2 killed (18 September),[4] 4 killed (20 September),[5] 70 killed (21 September-6 October),[6] 120 killed (7–15 October),[7] 14 killed (18 October),[8] 2011-10-20 di Wayback Machine. 7 killed (19 October),[9] total of 265 reported killed
- 461 wounded (15–28 September; western front)[10] 2011-12-03 di Wayback Machine. 36 wounded (25–26 September; eastern front),[11] 100 wounded (27–28 September; eastern front),[12] 2012-05-28 di Wayback Machine. 18 wounded (29 September),[13] 11 wounded (30 September), 133 wounded (1–6 October),[15] 1,100 wounded (7–15 October),[16] 95 wounded (18 October), [17] 76 wounded (19 October),[18] total of 2,030 reported wounded
- 53 tawanan tewas (15–19 Oktober),[19] 2011-11-27 di Wayback Machine. 105 killed (20 October),[20] 2011-11-27 di Wayback Machine. 26 killed (29 October),[21] total of 184 reported killed
- . Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2011-11-28. Diakses tanggal 2012-05-25.
- . Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2011-10-28. Diakses tanggal 2012-05-25.
- Bastian, Marc (29 October 2011). "Libyans find more bodies in Kadhafi hometown". Google News. Sirte. Agence France-Presse. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2012-09-04. Diakses tanggal 29 January 2012.
- . Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2011-12-04. Diakses tanggal 2012-05-25.
- . Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2012-04-01. Diakses tanggal 2012-05-25.
- 60 captured (28 September),[22] 2011-09-25 di Wayback Machine. 50 captured (9 October),[23] 24 captured (11 October),[24] 15 captured (13 October),[25] 2011-10-14 di Wayback Machine. total of 150+ reported captured
- Crilly, Rob (3 September 2011). "Libya: Over 800 killed in battle for Gaddafi's home town of Sirte". Telegraph. London. Diakses tanggal 21 October 2011.
- Gadhafi aide: NATO airstrike hits residential area, kills 354 civilians
- Gaddafi aide claims NATO strikes killed 151
- "Libya conflict: Pro-Gaddafi troops 'cornered' in Sirte". BBC.
- . The News Tribune. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2011-12-24. Diakses tanggal 2012-05-25.