Second Battle of Brega | |||||||||
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Part of Libyan Civil War | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
Armed forces of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | |||||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Bashir Abdel-Qader[2] Khaled Kowati[3] | Muammar Gaddafi | ||||||||
Strength | |||||||||
2,000[citation needed] | unknown | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
5-7 killed[4] |
25 killed[5] 71 captured[6] |
The Second Battle of Brega took place during the Libyan Civil War. More than 10 days earlier, anti-Gaddafi forces beat back an attempt by loyalist forces to take the town on 2 March 2011, in the First Battle of Brega. Following that battle, rebel forces advanced along the Libyan Coastal Highway, taking the towns of Ra's Lanuf and Bin Jawad. However, after the Battle of Bin Jawad and the Battle of Ra's Lanuf, government troops retook all of the territory lost and were once again threatening Brega by mid-March.