Battle of Wazzin (2011 AD)
Battle of Wazzin (Anti-Gaddafi forces & National Liberation Army & Tunisian Army & Tunisian Police vs Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) took place in 2011 AD during Nafusa Mountains campaign.
Battle facts
- Year: 2011 AD
- Date: 2011-04-21
- Era: Contemporary
- Conflict: Nafusa Mountains campaign
- Side A: Anti-Gaddafi forces, National Liberation Army, Tunisian Army, Tunisian Police
- Side B: Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
- Commanders (A): Mustafa Abdul Jalil Fouad Mebazaa
- Commanders (B): Col. Shu'ayb al-Firjani
- Casualties: approx. Unknown
(1st phase)
3 killed
(2nd phase)*
11 killed
(3rd phase)
Tunisia: 1 civilian wounded
Several houses destroyed or damaged15 killed
14 captured
(1st phase)
23 killed
(3rd phase)
- Outcome: Anti-Gaddafi victory
Loyalist forces occasionally shelled the crossing for months afterward.
Fighting ongoing after the Libyan Army clashes with the Tunisian Army
- Coordinates: 31.942°, 10.662°
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