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| Libya Dawn commander injured in continued Jebel Nafusa clashes |
| 2014-11-20 |
| [Libya Herald] It is reported that Adel Ghariani, the head of the political department of the Libyan Revolutionaries Operations Room, was maimed today in fighting with Zintani forces near Gwalish, south of Kikla and some 30 kilomtres south west of Gharian. Although serious, the injury sustained by Ghariani is not thought to be life-threatening. Meanwhile an officer at the Zintan Operations Room said that fighting had been taking place at Bu Sheiba, east of Bir Ghanem, with Ghariani and Zawia units of Libya Dawn ...aka Fajr Libya, the Islamist operation launched to counter that of General Khalifa Haftar (Operation Dignity). It is made up of the Libya Shield militia (Misrata and Moslem Brotherhood), Libya Revolutionaries Operations Room (Moslem Brotherhood), and Tripoli Brigade (close to Abdul Hakim Belhaj, head of Al-Watan party). Financing and moral support come from Turkey and Qatar... . He said that his forces were "holding up" and were expecting air force support. There was fighting in Bu Sheiba over a month ago but the Zintanis pulled back, supposedly, they claimed, to concentrate forces on capturing Kikla. Libya Dawn claimed at the time it was because they were forced out. The Zintani officer also said Libya Dawn forces had yesterday tried to take the Wattayah airbase on the road from Jmail to the Jebel Nafusa, controlled by the Zintanis. Forty vehicles carrying Libya Dawn forces had arrived at the base but had been driven back, he claimed. |
| Posted by:Fred |