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Zintan
City in Libya From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Zintan (Arabic: الزنتان, meaning "small castles") is a city in northwestern Libya, situated roughly 136 kilometres (85 mi) southwest of Tripoli, in the area. The city and its surrounding area has a population of 16,024.
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History
The Roman garrison town of Tentheos was on the Nafusa mountain range in the hinterland of the Limes Tripolitanus, near the border.[2]
Civil War activity
Groups from Zintan joined in the Libyan Civil War in 2011. The Battle of Zintan reportedly began when the Gaddafi-led government forces arrived to recruit 1,000 soldiers. Insulted by the proposal to fight fellow Libyans, a group formed in Zintan to protest. As the group grew, pro-Gaddafi forces attacked but local groups counterattacked with seized weapons, "rout[ing]" a large, heavily armed government convoy on 19–20 March.[3][4]
The Zintan people were responsible for the capture of Saif al-Islam, the second son of Muammar Gaddafi.[5] He was captured on 19 November 2011, a month after his father's death, about 50 kilometres (31 mi) west of the town of Ubari near Sabha in southern Libya.[6]
In 2015, during the Second Libyan Civil War, the area was damaged by a series of airstrikes from February to April.[7]
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Notable people
- Osama al-Juwaili (born 1961), politician
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