Mahdi al-Harati
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Mahdi al-Harati is an Irish
-Libya
n. He is known as the commander of the Qatar
i-trained Tripoli Brigade
in the 2011 Libyan civil war
.
He was described by Volkskrant, a Dutch daily newspaper, as being a face of the battle of Tripoli and one of the most important commanders of the anti Colonel Gaddafi civil war
The Sunday Times, a British newspaper, offered a first-hand account of Mahdi's advance on Tripoli and his men's assault on Gaddafi's former residence, Bab al Azizia.
He was appointed second in command of the newly formed Tripoli Military Council.
In October 11, al-Harati resigned as deputy head of the Tripoli Military Council, amid tensions over security on the capital. According to Irish Times, while al-Harati's associates in Tripoli assure that the resignation was for "personal reasons", a senior NTC official quoted by CNN
said that the resignation was because "differences with the National Transitional Council on the planning of the security of Tripoli". Fathi al-Wersali, member of the Tripoli Military Council, stated that al-Harati would continue as commander of the Tripoli brigade.
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
-Libya
Libya
Libya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....
n. He is known as the commander of the Qatar
Qatar
Qatar , also known as the State of Qatar or locally Dawlat Qaṭar, is a sovereign Arab state, located in the Middle East, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the much larger Arabian Peninsula. Its sole land border is with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its...
i-trained Tripoli Brigade
Tripoli Brigade
The Tripoli Brigade or Free Trıpoli Guardıan is a unit of the National Liberation Army of Libya created during the 2011 Libyan civil war. Originally formed in April in the opposition stronghold of Benghazi, it later relocated to the Nafusa Mountains, the then closest frontline to Tripoli, before...
in the 2011 Libyan civil war
2011 Libyan civil war
The 2011 Libyan civil war was an armed conflict in the North African state of Libya, fought between forces loyal to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi and those seeking to oust his government. The war was preceded by protests in Benghazi beginning on 15 February 2011, which led to clashes with security...
.
He was described by Volkskrant, a Dutch daily newspaper, as being a face of the battle of Tripoli and one of the most important commanders of the anti Colonel Gaddafi civil war
The Sunday Times, a British newspaper, offered a first-hand account of Mahdi's advance on Tripoli and his men's assault on Gaddafi's former residence, Bab al Azizia.
He was appointed second in command of the newly formed Tripoli Military Council.
In October 11, al-Harati resigned as deputy head of the Tripoli Military Council, amid tensions over security on the capital. According to Irish Times, while al-Harati's associates in Tripoli assure that the resignation was for "personal reasons", a senior NTC official quoted by CNN
CNN
Cable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
said that the resignation was because "differences with the National Transitional Council on the planning of the security of Tripoli". Fathi al-Wersali, member of the Tripoli Military Council, stated that al-Harati would continue as commander of the Tripoli brigade.