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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.
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 14 July 2011; Fourth Battle of Brega, fought ...
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-Ajdabiya road — Fourth Battle of Brega Abdul Fatah Younis Al-Obeidi ( / ˈ ɑː b d əl f ə ˈ t ɑː ˈ j uː n ɪ s / ⓘ ; Arabic : عبد الفتاح يونس , sometimes transliterated Fattah Younis or Fattah Younes or Fatah Younes ; 1944 – 28 July 2011) was a senior Libyan military officer. [ 1 ]
The Battle of Brega–Ajdabiya road was a battle during the Libyan Civil War between forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and anti-Gaddafi forces for control of the towns of Brega and Ajdabiya respectively and the Libyan Coastal Highway between them. This theater of the war saw a stagnant front forming quickly.
Second Battle of Brega; Fourth Battle of Brega; C. Cambodian–Thai border dispute; Casamance conflict; List of clashes in the North Caucasus in 2011;
Some of the better trained rebels continued fighting on Brega's outskirts locked in skirmishes and artillery duels with loyalist forces in the town. [8] [23] By the end of the day, the battle had come down to a stalemate with the rebels waiting on the road east of the city for more NATO air-strikes on loyalist positions in Brega. However, the ...
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.