Nafusa Mountains campaign
| Nafusa Mountains campaign | |||||||||
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| Part of the Libyan Civil War | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Col. Mokhtar Milad Fernana (Zintan commander) Cdr. Mohammed Ali Madani † (1st Zintan commander) Cdr. Osama Juwaili (2nd Zintan commander) Cdr. Ali al-Hajj (Yafran commander) |
Col. Shu'ayb al-Firjani (Zintan area) | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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7,000~ 200+ rest of Nafusa mountain Towns |
2,000–4,000 40–50 tanks 40 technicals (Nalut-Zintan) 8 MRLs (in Zintan) | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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517–534 killed* 136 missing |
397 killed** 215 – 295 captured** several tanks destroyed** 10+ tanks or armoured vehicles captured | ||||||||
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*The number of dead on the rebel side also includes civilians. **Based largely on unconfirmed rebel claims | |||||||||
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 Tripoli, the Libyan capital. Along with the city of Misrata, the Nafusa Mountains region was one of the major rebel strongholds in the Tripolitania region of the country.