l iten ▁east ▁of ▁Tri pol i . ▁The ▁combined ▁result ▁of ▁these ▁off ens ives ▁isolated ▁loyal ist ▁forces ▁in ▁Tri pol i , ▁with ▁re bel ▁forces ▁less ▁than ▁ ▁away . ▁ ▁Tim eline ▁of ▁the ▁battle ▁ 1 9 ▁August ▁The ▁combined ▁assault ▁on ▁Tri pol i ▁was ▁reported ly ▁organized ▁by ▁reb els ▁when ▁it ▁became ▁clear ▁that ▁there ▁would ▁be ▁no ▁successful ▁sp ont aneous ▁u pr ising ▁in ▁the ▁capital . ▁According ▁to ▁re bel ▁sources , ▁weapons ▁were ▁sm ugg led ▁by ▁t ug bo at ▁into ▁Tri pol i ▁during ▁the ▁evening . ▁ ▁From ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁the ▁battle ▁on , ▁there ▁was ▁a ▁huge ▁wave ▁of ▁recogn itions ▁by ▁foreign ▁govern ments ▁of ▁the ▁N TC ▁as ▁the ▁legit imate ▁representative ▁of ▁the ▁Lib yan ▁people . ▁Before ▁ 2 0 ▁August , ▁ 3 4 ▁countries ▁had ▁recognized ▁the ▁N TC , ▁by ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁ 2 8 ▁August , ▁ 6 9 ▁had . ▁▁▁ 2 0 ▁August ▁Reb el ▁forces ▁within ▁Z aw i ya ▁fought ▁for ▁control ▁of ▁a ▁strateg ic ▁bridge ▁on ▁the ▁road ▁to ▁Tri pol i , ▁ ▁from ▁the ▁capital . ▁They ▁planned ▁for ▁a ▁major ▁off ensive ▁on ▁Tri pol i ▁that ▁would ▁take ▁place ▁on ▁the ▁following ▁day . ▁ ▁U pr ising ▁within ▁Tri pol i ▁At ▁just ▁after ▁ 8 : 0 0 pm , ▁the ▁u pr ising ▁within ▁Tri pol i ▁began ▁when ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁reb