Hussein Darbouk

Hussein Darbouk
Died 4 March 2011
Zawiya, Libya
Allegiance  Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (until 2011 Libyan civil war)
 Libyan National Transitional Council (2011)
Service/branch National Liberation Army
Rank Colonel
Battles/wars

2011 Libyan civil war

Hussein Darbouk was a colonel in the Libyan Armed Forces under former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi until the 2011 Libyan civil war, when he defected to the National Transitional Council.[1] Darbouk had been commanding rebel forces in the city of Zawiya.[2]

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

References

  1. ↑ Qaddafi Brutalizes Foes, Armed or Defenseless
  2. ↑ In Libya, Kadafi's forces launch assault on rebel-held city
  3. ↑ Gaddafi troops attack rebel city


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