2011 Ras Ajdir clashes

2011 Ras Ajdir clashes
	Part of Libyan Civil War
Date	13–26 August 2011
Location	Ras Ajdir, Libya
Result	Anti-Gaddafi Victory Loyalists repel multiple rebel assaults on the crossing until rebel forces finally capture it on 26 August;
Belligerents
Anti-Gaddafi forces National Liberation Army; Local Militia;	Gaddafi Loyalists Libyan Army; Paramilitary forces;

The 2011 Ras Ajdir clashes were a series of skirmishes between rebel anti-Gaddafi forces and loyalist pro-Gaddafi forces for an important Libya–Tunisia border post in Libya's extreme northwest.^[1]^[2]

The post had been a key loyalist supply line to the capital, Tripoli,^[3] but ceased to be so after the rebels recaptured the town of Zawiya and the highway running through it.

^ "Rebels tighten noose around West Libya, spokesperson says". NOW Lebanon. 21 August 2011. Archived from the original on 23 August 2011. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
^ "Gaddafi Troops Assault Libyan Rebels at Tripoli Airport, Tunisian Border". Novinite. Sofia News Agency. 26 August 2011. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
^ Laub, Karin (16 August 2011). "Rebels move to isolate Gadhafi". Times Union. Retrieved 23 August 2011.

[1] "Rebels tighten noose around West Libya, spokesperson says". NOW Lebanon. 21 August 2011. Archived from the original on 23 August 2011. Retrieved 9 October 2011.

[2] "Gaddafi Troops Assault Libyan Rebels at Tripoli Airport, Tunisian Border". Novinite. Sofia News Agency. 26 August 2011. Retrieved 9 October 2011.

[3] Laub, Karin (16 August 2011). "Rebels move to isolate Gadhafi". Times Union. Retrieved 23 August 2011.

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2011 Ras Ajdir clashes

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