101 Battalion, also known as 101 Brigade or Tajura Battalion, was a military insurgent unit in the eastern suburbs of Tripoli, aligned with
Khalifa Haftar and the
Libyan National Army.
It was particularly associated with the suburbs of
Tajura and Fashloum.
Origin and name
101 Battalion, based in
Tajura,
took its name from the Libyan National Army's 101 Light Infantry Battalion.
Leadership
In 2013, 101 Battalion was led by Misbah al-Harna.
It was later led by Abdullah Sassi until his capture and apparent execution in April 2015.
Battles
On 16 November 2013, 101 Battalion was attacked at its
Tajura base by
Misrata
Misrata ( ; also spelled Misurata or Misratah; ar, مصراتة, Miṣrāta ) is a city in the Misrata District in northwestern Libya, situated to the east of Tripoli and west of Benghazi on the Mediterranean coast near Cape Misrata. With ...
n forces. A Tajura military council member and a Tripoli local council member claimed that 101 Battaloin abandoned the base, and that Tajura military council organised forces that forced the Misratan attackers to leave.
On 17 April 2017, 101 Battalion attacked
Libya Dawn forces in Tajura. The Libya Dawn forces detained and killed Abdulla Sassi, according to ''Afrigate News''.
Libya Dawn sources denied the claim that Sassi was killed. Abdullah Sassi had previously been involved in the revolution against
Muammar Gaddafi
Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi, . Due to the lack of standardization of transcribing written and regionally pronounced Arabic, Gaddafi's name has been romanized in various ways. A 1986 column by ''The Straight Dope'' lists 32 spellin ...
, in which Sassi's sister was killed by pro-Gaddafi forces for subversive activities. Abd al-Basit Sharr was accused of having executed Sassi and was himself executed on 31 December 2015 in Tajura.
References
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First Libyan Civil War
Libyan insurgent groups