{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}} {{infobox war faction | name = Tripoli Protection Force | native_name = قوة حماية طرابلس | war = the Second Libyan Civil War | image = Tripoli Protection Force Logo.jpg | caption = | active = 18 December 2018 – present | ideology = | leaders = | groups = | country = Libya | allegiance = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Libyan Ground Forces.svg}}Libyan Army | headquarters = | area = | size = | partof = | predecessor = Tripoli Brigade<br>Abusleem Deterence and Rapid Intervention Force<br>Nawasi 8th Force<br>Bab Tajura brigade | successor = | allies = | battles = Second Libyan Civil War * Tarhouna clashes<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.libyaobserver.ly/news/libya-violent-clashes-spill-tripoli-tarhouna|title=Libya: Violent clashes spill from Tripoli into Tarhouna|work=Libya Observer|language=en|access-date=6 April 2019|date=19 January 2019|author=Abdulkader Assad}}</ref> * 2019 Western Libya offensive<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/haftar-forces-capture-old-tripoli-airport-after-clashes-near-libyan-capital|title=Haftar forces capture old Tripoli airport after clashes near Libyan capital|work=Middle East Eye and agencies|date=5 April 2019}}</ref> }}
The '''Tripoli Protection Force''' is a militia that was formed from the merger of four pro-Libyan Army Libyan militias on 18 December 2018.<ref name=lh>{{cite web|url=https://www.libyaherald.com/2018/12/18/tripoli-militias-announce-unification-into-new-tripoli-protection-force/|title=Tripoli militias announce "unification" into new Tripoli Protection Force|work=Libya Herald|accessdate=5 April 2019|date=18 December 2018|author=Sami Zaptia}}</ref>
Groups involved in the merger include: the Tripoli Brigade, the Abusleem Deterence and Rapid Intervention Force, the Nawasi 8th Force, and the Bab Tajura brigade.<ref name=lh/> All but the Bab Tajura brigade were considered the ''most prominent militias'' in Tripoli prior to the merger.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://monitoring.bbc.co.uk/api/product-printable/public/c2006b45|title=Explainer: Militias in the Libyan capital Tripoli - who's who?|work=BBC|accessdate=5 April 2019|date=29 August 2018}}</ref>
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Category:Military of Libya Category:Tripoli in the Libyan civil war (2014–2020)