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 First Battle of Zawiya  †

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