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Battles of the Nafusa Mountains

2011 Nafusa Mountain Campaign
Part of Libyan Civil War
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Gaddafi loyalist in the Nafusa Mountains.
Date 1 March – 18 August 2011
Location Nafusa Mountains, Libya
Result

Anti-Gaddafi victory

  • Pro-Gaddafi forces retake Gharyan, Kikla, Yafran and Rayayna from early March to late May, but lose all of their gains except Gharyan in June
  • Rebel-held al Galaa cut off and surrounded by pro-Gaddafi forces until the recapture of Yafran
  • Rebels capture and hold the Wazzin border crossing, with some clashes spilling into Tunisia
  • Rebels capture all towns around the mountains from June to August
  • Rebels capture Gharyan on 18 August
  • Rebels start an offensive toward the coast in mid-August
Belligerents

Libya Anti-Gaddafi forces

 Tunisia

United Nations UNSC Resolution 1973 forces

 Libya Armed forces of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Commanders and leaders
Libya Col. Mokhtar Milad Fernana (overall commander)
Libya Cdr. Mohammed Ali Madani (first Zintan commander) †
Libya Cdr. Hajj Usama (second Zintan commander)
Libya Cdr. Ali al-Hajj (Yafran commander)		 Col. Shu'ayb al-Firjani (Zintan area)
Strength
3,000 from Zintan
2,000 from Nalut
500 from Tripoli + fighters from other towns supported by captured tanks and artillery (since June)		 2,000–4,000
40 pick-ups (Nalut-Zintan)
40–50 tanks, 8 mobile MRLs (at Zintan)
Casualties and losses
517–534 killed*
136 missing		 397 killed**
215–295 captured**
several tanks destroyed**
10+ tanks or armored vehicles captured
*The number of dead on the rebel side also includes civilians
**Based largely on unconfirmed rebel claims

Anti-Gaddafi victory

Libya Anti-Gaddafi forces

 Tunisia

United Nations UNSC Resolution 1973 forces

The 2011 Nafusa Mountain 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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