Nafusa Mountains campaign
Series of battles in the Libyan Civil War (2011) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Nafusa Mountains campaign was a series of battles in the Libyan Civil War, fought between loyalist pro-Gaddafi forces and rebel anti-Gaddafi forces in the Nafusa Mountains and, at a later period, in the surrounding plains of western Libya. The mountain range is of strategic importance due to its close proximity to the capital of Tripoli. Along with the city of Misrata, the Nafusa Mountains region was one of the major rebel strongholds in Tripolitania.
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Nafusa Mountains campaign | |||||||||
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Part of the Libyan Civil War | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
| Armed forces of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | ||||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Col. Mokhtar Milad Fernana[4] (overall commander) Cdr. Mohammed Ali Madani †[5] (1st Zintan commander) Cdr. Hajj Usama[6] (2nd Zintan commander) Cdr. Ali al-Hajj (Yafran commander)[7] |
Col. Shu'ayb al-Firjani (Zintan area)[8] | ||||||||
Strength | |||||||||
100 from zintan 100 from Tripoli 200+ rest of Nafusa mountain Towns |
2,000–4,000[9] 40–50 tanks 40 technicals (Nalut-Zintan) 8 MRLs (in Zintan)[10] | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
517–534 killed*[11] 136 missing[12] |
397 killed**[13] 215[14] – 295[15] captured** several tanks destroyed** 10+ tanks or armoured vehicles captured[16][17] | ||||||||
*The number of dead on the rebel side also includes civilians. **Based largely on unconfirmed rebel claims |
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