Tripoli, Libya. The pride of the past and the doors of the future

Tripoli West, as the Arabs like to call it to differentiate between it and Tripoli of the East, located in Lebanon, is the capital of the State of Libya, and is located in northwestern Libya on the coast as a rocky stretch within the Mediterranean Sea, characterized by its strategic geographical location, which once made it the protector of trade in the Mediterranean to the extent that America was forced to pay tribute in the nineteenth century to the princes of Tripoli to allow their merchant ships to cross safely, and when US President Thomas Jefferson refrained from paying The tribute was prevented by American ships from crossing near the coast of the port of Tripoli, which was the cause of the outbreak of two consecutive wars between America and Libya, the first of which ended in a humiliating defeat for the US Navy and the capture of their warship "Philadelphia" and all its crew members, including the commander of the ship "William Bainbridge", and America carried out a qualitative operation aimed at burning their warship "Philadelphia", which was captured as an attempt to erase the shame that afflicted them, which drew the attention of the whole Western world to the need to seize the city of "Tripoli", that important strategic location, They had this in the nineteenth century at the hands of the Italians after the Ottomans seized it as a result of exploiting the weakness and internal dispersion that plagued it, so they announced their handover of Tripoli to the Italians in the Treaty of "Lausanne" in 1913 AD to announce a new page in the history of the struggle of the Libyan people against the colonizers. What a city and what an honorable history that cannot be erased, no matter how much the occupier tries to justify his crimes, the free people will know that the people of Tripoli have paid and are still paying every precious and precious for the sake of their religion and their homeland.

About Tripoli

Tripoli West, as the Arabs like to call it to differentiate between it and Tripoli of the East, located in Lebanon, is the capital of the State of Libya, and is located in the northwest of Libya on the coast as a rocky stretch within the Mediterranean Sea, characterized by its strategic geographical location, which once made it the protector of trade in the Mediterranean to the extent that America was forced to pay tribute in the nineteenth century to the princes of Tripoli to allow their merchant ships to cross safely, and when the US president refrained

"Thomas Jefferson" for paying tribute American ships were prevented from crossing near the coast of the port of Tripoli, which was the cause of the outbreak of two consecutive wars between America and Libya, the first of which ended in a humiliating defeat for the US Navy and the capture of their warship "Philadelphia" and all its crew members, including the captain of the ship "William Bainbridge", and America carried out a qualitative operation aimed at burning their warship "Philadelphia", which was captured as an attempt to erase the shame that afflicted them, which drew the attention of the whole Western world to the need to seize the city of "Tripoli" This is an important strategic location, and they had this in the nineteenth century at the hands of the Italians after the Ottomans seized it as a result of exploiting the weakness and internal dispersion that plagued it, so they announced their surrender of Tripoli to the Italians in the Treaty of "Lausanne" in 1913 AD to announce a new page in the history of the struggle of the Libyan people against the colonizers. What a city and what an honorable history that cannot be erased, no matter how much the occupier tries to justify his crimes, the free people will know that the people of Tripoli have paid and are still paying every precious and precious for the sake of their religion and their homeland.

Etymology

The name of the city dates back to the period of Greek rule of the country, where they called it "Tripoli", which means the three cities, but in fact the history of the city of Tripoli dates back to an older one, as the monuments indicate its existence in the seventh century BC and that it was established by the Phoenician Canaanites as a center for maritime trade.

Pivotal historical milestones in the history of Tripoli

The geographical location of the city was a curse on it as it was a blessing, so the Greeks seized it from the Phoenicians for its commercial importance, then the Romans inherited it and left some monuments such as the arch of Marcus Aurelius, who was a famous Roman emperor, and it was also subject to the rule of the "Vandals" tribes in the fifth century AD and followed by the Byzantines in the rule of Tripoli, until the Arab Muslim conquerors came in 645 AD and settled in it Islamic rule until the arrival of the Norman-Sicilian invasion of the city between 1146-1158 AD, then Muslims regained it for more than 350 years until the arrival of the Spanish invasion in 1510 AD, the 1st handed it over to the Knights of St. John in 1531 AD until the people of Tripoli used the Ottomans to get rid of Spanish rule and the Knights of St. John, where this was done for them in 1551 AD, and Tripoli became an Ottoman province. After a period of time, the Ottoman governor Ahmed Pasha in Libya separated from the Ottoman Empire and founded the Karamanli family that ruled Tripoli for nearly a century, ending with the disintegration of the family and the return of direct Ottoman rule to Tripoli, and the second Ottoman era continued until the fall of the Ottoman Empire in the quagmire of World War I and the signing of the Treaty of Lausanne, which required the handover of Tripoli to the Italians. The Italians remained in their bloody rule of the city of Tripoli until the liberation of Libya as a result of the defeat of the Italians in World War II, the mandate of Britain for a short period that ended in 1951, the establishment of the Libyan Kingdom, which fell with the coup in 1969, and the establishment of the Libyan Jamahiriya, which coincided with the discovery of wealth in Libya, which provided it with hard currency that helped a lot to rebuild and develop the city of Tripoli.

Libyan Civil War in 2011

The civil war began with revolutions and protests denouncing injustice and demanding freedom, as happened in most countries of the Arab world in what is known as the Arab Spring, which resulted in the overthrow of Colonel Gaddafi's rule and the handover of power to a transitional national council, and the country still has not reached a consensus on governance between eastern and western Libya.

Thirteen years of revolution

Some may be concerned about the length of time that transitional period took after the end of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's thirteen years ago and the division of control between eastern and western Libya, but indicators and analyzes indicate an acceleration of economic growth for the city of Tripoli in particular and for the State of Libya in general, as the annual growth rate reached approximately 4.4% in 2022 AD Despite the many difficulties and challenges facing the people of Libya, it is considered one of the fastest growing countries in Africa, which is what To the credit of the people of Libya of determination and determination to establish their feet and be clearly present in the Arab and African scene, and its reserves of oil and gas are still at the forefront of the countries that contain the most oil and gas reserves in the world with approximately 3% of the global reserves, so imagine, dear reader, how will the situation of Libya and the city of Tripoli, especially if a consensus is reached between its east and west and the current differences are renounced in order to reach safety for the Libyan people. We are confident that the people of Libya in general and Tripoli in particular, as they spared the blood of their brothers in 2011, will overcome all difficulties and establish consensual rules that will raise the value of the individual and raise the status of the Libyan state at the same time.