First Battle of Brega

First Battle of Brega
Part of Libyan Civil War

Anti-Gaddafi rebels in Brega
Date2 March 2011
Location
Brega, Libya
Result

Anti-Gaddafi victory

  • Pro-Gaddafi forces fail to recapture Brega
Belligerents

Anti-Gaddafi forces

 Armed forces of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Commanders and leaders
Bashir Abdel-Qader
Khaled Kowati		 Muammar Gaddafi
Strength
300–350 combatants
One tank
Dozens of technicals		 200–400 combatants
Two fighter jets
50 technicals
120mm artillery
Casualties and losses
14 killed
12 captured
28 wounded		 2–10 killed
4 captured
1 F1 shot down

The First Battle of Brega was fought during the Libyan Civil War. It began when pro-Gaddafi government troops attacked the city, held by the National Transitional Council, in the early hours of 2 March 2011.

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