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The Fourth Battle of Brega was a battle in July and August 2011, during the Libyan Civil War, between forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi and forces of the Libyan opposition for control of the strategic town of Brega and its oil port.
Fourth Battle of Brega; C. Cyrenaican desert campaign; F. Fezzan campaign; First Gulf of Sidra offensive; G. Raid on Ghadames; Battle of Gharyan; M. Battle of Misrata ...
Battle of Brega may refer to: World War II. Battle of Brega (1941), part of the Western Desert Campaign of World War II; Libyan civil war. First Battle of Brega, fought on 2 March 2011; Second Battle of Brega, fought 13 to 15 March 2011; Third Battle of Brega, fought 31 March to 7 April 2011; Battle of Brega–Ajdabiya road, fought 8 April to ...
Stalemate; Fourth Battle of Brega. Pro-Gaddafi forces entered Ajdabiya on 9 April, but rebel forces re-took the town by 11 April; Pro-Gaddafi forces repelled several rebel raids on Brega; Stagnant frontline formed between Brega and Ajdabiya on 18 April, scattered fighting continued for three months; Rebels started an all-out offensive to take ...
The 2011 Ras Ajdir clashes were a series of skirmishes between rebel anti-Gaddafi forces and loyalist pro-Gaddafi forces for an important Libya–Tunisia border post in Libya's extreme northwest.
First Battle of Brega, fought on March 2, 2011; Second Battle of Brega, fought March 13 to 15, 2011; Third Battle of Brega, fought March 31 to April 7, 2011; Battle of Brega–Ajdabiya road, fought April 8, 2011 to July 14, 2011; Fourth Battle of Brega, fought beginning July 14, 2011
After loyalist forces lost the battle for Ajdabiya on 26 March, rebels immediately pressed their momentum and took the oil town of Brega without a fight. [7] [8]The next day, 27 March, opposition forces continued their push, capturing Ra's Lanuf without a shot fired. [9]
Sabha is a city of around 210,000 people located by an oasis in the Libyan Desert and is home to an important military base. [2] Much of its population are migrants from Chad, Niger, and Sudan. [3] These migrants had been brought to Libya by Gaddafi in the 1980s and given employment and stipends by the regime to ensure their support.