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Opération Harmattan
Opération Harmattan
is the codename for the French participation in the
2011 military intervention in Libya
. It is named for the
Harmattan
, which are hot dry winds that blow over the Sahara, mostly between November and March. The
United States
' counterpart to this is
Operation Odyssey Dawn
, the
Canadian
counterpart is
Operation Mobile
and the
British
counterpart is
Operation Ellamy
. The no-fly zone was proposed during the
Libyan Civil War
to prevent government forces loyal to
Muammar Gaddafi
from carrying out air attacks on
Anti-Gaddafi forces
. Several countries prepared to take immediate military action at a conference in
Paris
on 19 March 2011.
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