Battle of Sabha | |||||||
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Part of the Fezzan campaign of the Libyan Civil War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
NATO command[1] |
Armed forces of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Bashir Ahwaz | Massoud Abdelhafid[2] | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
Unknown | 300[3] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
18 killed[4] |
19 killed[5] 150 captured[3] |
The Battle of Sabha took place between forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and rebel anti-Gaddafi forces for control of the desert oasis city of Sabha and a part of the Libyan Civil War. It was the second conflict in the city since the start of the war after the 2011 Sabha clashes.