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	Ali Kanna; Massoud Abdelhafid; Belgacem Al-Abaaj (POW)
Casualties and losses
28 killed, 44 wounded	51 killed

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 and back to pro-Gaddafi control on 23 July. In late August, anti- and pro-Gaddafi forces struggled for control of Sabha.

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