Hussein Darbouk

Hussein Darbouk
Died	4 March 2011 Zawiya, Libya
Allegiance	Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (until 2011)   Libyan National Transitional Council (2011)
Service / branch	Libyan Army (until 2011) National Liberation Army (2011)
Rank	Colonel
Battles / wars	First Libyan Civil War First Battle of Zawiya   †

Hussein Darbouk was a Libyan military officer and rebel figure during the First Libyan Civil War. He defected to the anti-Gaddafi rebel forces during the first phases of the civil war, ^[1] and commanded the rebel forces in the First Battle of Zawiya against Gaddafi's forces. ^[2]

On 4 March, Alaa al-Zawi, an activist in the city of Zawiya announced that the commander of the rebel forces in the city — Hussein Darbouk — was killed in action from an anti-aircraft gun as the Libyan Army's Khamis Brigade bombarded the city's western edges with mortars, heavy machine guns, tanks and anti-aircraft guns, fighting armed residents and defected military units. ^[3]

References

1. Kirkpatrick, David D. (4 March 2011). "Qaddafi Brutalizes Foes, Armed or Defenseless". NY Times . Retrieved 4 August 2024.
2. Daragahi, Borzou; Therolf, Garrett (5 March 2011). "In Libya, Kadafi's forces launch assault on rebel-held city". LA Times . Retrieved 4 August 2024.
3. AP (4 March 2011). "Gaddafi troops attack rebel city". Independent . Retrieved 4 August 2024.