Editing Tripoli, Libya (section)

===Gaddafi era (1969–2011)===
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Colonel [[Muammar Gaddafi]] became leader of Libya on 1 September 1969 after a successful coup d'état.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/tripoli-architect-remembers-its-glorious-days/ |title=Tripoli architect remembers its glorious days |publisher=Indianexpress.com |date= 2 September 2011|access-date=2022-03-13}}</ref>

On 15 April 1986, [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Ronald Reagan]] ordered major bombing raids, dubbed [[Operation El Dorado Canyon]], against Tripoli and [[Benghazi]], killing 45 Libyan military and government personnel as well as 15 civilians. This strike followed US interception of telex messages from Libya's East Berlin embassy suggesting the involvement of Libyan leader [[Muammar Gaddafi]] in a [[1986 Berlin discotheque bombing|bomb explosion on 5 April]] in [[West Berlin]]'s La Belle discothèque, a nightclub frequented by US servicemen. Among the alleged fatalities of the 15 April retaliatory attack by the United States was Gaddafi's adopted daughter, [[Hana Gaddafi]].

The [[United Nations]] sanctions against Libya imposed in April 1992 under [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 748|Security Council Resolution 748]] were lifted in September 2003, which increased traffic through the Port of Tripoli and through airports in Libya. This lifting of the resolution had a positive impact on the city's economy allowing for more goods to enter the city.