Cyrenaican desert campaign

Cyrenaican Desert Campaign
	Part of Libyan Civil War
Date	3 April – 12 June 2011
Location	Eastern Libyan Desert, Libya
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
Anti-Gaddafi forces National Liberation Army;	Gaddafi Loyalists Libyan Army; Paramilitary forces;
Commanders and leaders
Saleh Muhammad al-Zaruq; Abdullah Aitha	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.

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

[islamidavet-1] Kufra’s Security Chief Joined The Libyan Revolutionaries !^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[2] "Libyan rebels: NATO bombs camel weapons caravan". Retrieved 21 November 2014.

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