Zawiya skirmish

Zawiya skirmish
	Part of the Libyan Civil War
Date	11 June – 12 June 2011; (1 day)
Location	Zawiya, Libya
Result	Pro-Gaddafi victory Pro-Gaddafi forces repel rebel attack on the city;
Belligerents
Anti-Gaddafi forces National Liberation Army;	Gaddafi Loyalists Libyan Army; Paramilitary forces;
Commanders and leaders
Unknown	Mahdi al-Arabi
Strength
100–200 fighters	Munawaba Brigade
Casualties and losses
30 killed; 20 wounded	2–dozens* killed; 17 captured
	1 civilian killed
	*Rebels claimed that up to 100 loyalist soldiers were killed, but no independent sources confirmed the claim

The Zawiya skirmish began on 11 June 2011, when the National Liberation Army launched an attack into the coastal city of Zawiya, Libya in an attempt to recapture it from army units and militiamen loyal to Muammar Gaddafi. The attack was quickly crushed by the numerically superior and better-equipped loyalist forces, who had taken the city earlier in the Libyan Civil War after defeating rebel forces in a major battle that lasted from February to March 2011.