Cyrenaican desert campaign

Cyrenaican Desert Campaign
Part of Libyan Civil War
Date3 April – 12 June 2011
Location
Result

Indecisive

  • Pro-Gaddafi forces capture and hold Kufra from 28 April to 7 May
  • Anti-Gaddafi forces repel several loyalist raids on Jalu
  • Pro-Gaddafi forces damage several rebel-held oil pipelines halting oil flow
Belligerents

Libya Anti-Gaddafi forces

Libya Gaddafi Loyalists

Commanders and leaders
Libya Saleh Muhammad al-Zaruq[1]
Libya Abdullah Aitha[2]
Belqasem Al-Abaaj
Casualties and losses
25 killed At least 3 killed
5 civilians killed

The Cyrenaican desert campaign was a military campaign that initiated in April 2011 by the Libyan military in the form of hit-and-run attacks against rebel-held towns and oil facilities in the eastern Libyan Desert, during the Libyan Civil War. The campaign failed in denying anti-Gaddafi forces control of southern Cyrenaica.

  1. ^ Kufra’s Security Chief Joined The Libyan Revolutionaries ![permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Libyan rebels: NATO bombs camel weapons caravan". Retrieved 21 November 2014.