az-Zintan
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| Coordinates | 31 ° 56 ′ N , 12 ° 15 ′ E | ||
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| Country | Libya | ||
| al-Jabal al-Gharbi | |||
| ISO 3166-2 | LY-JG | ||
| Residents | 40,000 (2010) | ||
Az-Zintan ( Arabic الزنتان, DMG az-Zintān ; in German also Sintan) is a city in western Libya and was the largest city in Jabal Nafusa with around 40,000 inhabitants until the beginning of the civil war in 2011 . It is located in the northwest of the country about 160 kilometers southwest of Tripoli in the municipality of al-Jabal al-Gharbi .
history
In the course of the civil war in Libya in 2011 , heavy fighting broke out in March 2011 in connection with an offensive by forces loyal to Gaddafi in az-Zintan. The city has since been held by the insurgents. In May 2011, several attacks by Gaddafi troops with multiple missile launchers of the “ Grad ” type took place, which resulted in the escape of most of the civilian population. According to Human Rights Watch , more than 30,000 residents had left the city for Tunisia since the fighting began . A team of doctors from Doctors Without Borders , which had been working in the city since March, was evacuated at the end of May due to the ongoing shelling.
Since his arrest on October 20, 2011, Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam has been under the control of the local revolutionary brigade . His trial also began in Zintan in spring 2013.
Twin cities
Az-Zintan has a partnership with Verona , Italy.
sons and daughters of the town
- Usama al-Juwaili (* 1961), Libyan politician, Minister of Defense since November 22, 2012
- Abdullah Naker , Chairman of the Tripoli Revolutionary Council
Web links
- Christoph Ehrhardt: On the right side. Fight against the Gaddafi regime. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . August 31, 2011, accessed on August 31, 2011 (background report on the events in az-Zintan during the 2011 civil war).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Libya: stage victory for the rebels - conflict claims 30,000 deaths in the Tagesspiegel of April 28, 2011.
- ^ A b Libya: Rocket Attacks on Western Mountain Towns. In: hrw.org. May 27, 2011, accessed May 29, 2011 .
- ^ Libya: MSF Forced To Evacuate From Zintan. (No longer available online.) In: doctorswithoutborders.org. May 27, 2011, formerly in the original ; accessed on May 29, 2011 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Gaddafi's son Saif al Islam caught in the desert taz on 20 November 2011th
- ↑ taz.de
- ↑ Comune di Verona - Grandi Eventi - Gemellaggi e Patti d'Amicizia . Retrieved May 3, 2018.
- ^ Libya's NTC unveils new government line-up Reuters on November 22, 2012.
- ↑ Militia warning as Libyan PM forms government Reuters Africa on November 18, 2011.
