Event Government Counterattack - Libyan Civil War (2011)

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Was the military counterattack of the government forces against the rebels during the First Libyan Civil War.

Chronology

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  • March 2011: First Battle of Zawiya is won by government forces.
  • March 2011: Libyan rebels, backed by extensive allied air raids, seized control of the frontline oil town of Ajdabiya from Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's forces.
  • March 2011: During the first phase of the Battle of Ajdabiya, pro-Gaddafi forces seized the strategic road junction leading to Benghazi and Tobruk, and captured most of the city of Ajdabiya.
  • March 2011: Before dawn on 13 March, pro-Gaddafi forces, advancing eastward from Ra's Lanuf, had taken the town of Uqayla and the village of Bisher.
  • March 2011: The Second Battle of Brega is won by government forces.
  • March 2011: The Battle of Ra's Lanuf is won by government forces.
  • March 2011: Government forces won the Battle of Bin Jawad.