Fezzan campaign

Fezzan campaign
Part of Libyan Civil War
Date 17 July – 27 September 2011 Location Fezzan, Libya Result Anti-Gaddafi victory Anti-Gaddafi forces capture and hold Qatrun from 17–23 July Pro-Gaddafi forces push back rebels from Qatrun to the south Anti-Gaddafi forces capture Murzuk on 17 August Anti-Gaddafi forces attacked and captured the Wadi al Shatii District mid-September Anti-Gaddafi forces capture Sabha on 22 September Anti-Gaddafi forces capture the Ghat and Jufra districts in late September
Belligerents
National Transitional Council National Liberation Army Toubou tribesmen	Gaddafi Loyalists Libyan Armed Forces Paramilitary forces
Commanders and leaders
Barka Wardougou[1]	Ali Kanna[2] Massoud Abdelhafid[3] Belgacem Al-Abaaj (POW)[4]
Casualties and losses
28 killed, 44 wounded[5]	51 killed[6][7][8][9]

The Fezzan campaign was a military campaign conducted by the National Liberation Army to take control of southwestern Libya during the Libyan Civil War. During April to June 2011, anti-Gaddafi forces gained control of most of the eastern part of the southern desert region (i.e. the southern part of Cyrenaica) during the Cyrenaican desert campaign. In July, Qatrun changed to anti-Gaddafi control on 17 July^[10] and back to pro-Gaddafi control on 23 July.^[11] In late August, anti- and pro-Gaddafi forces struggled for control of Sabha.^[12][13]