Gulf of Sidra Offensive (2018)
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The Gulf of Sidra Offensive was an offensive of the Second Libyan Civil War. It was launched by the Benghazi Defense Brigades on 11 June 2018,[1] and was fought concurrently with the Battle of Derna. On the first day, The Benghazi Defense Brigades captured Ras Lanuf and Sidra, before the Libyan National Army started a counteroffensive on 17 June.[4] On 21 June, The LNA captured Ras Lanuf and Al Sidra.[5] Hours later, The Benghazi Defense Brigades claimed to capture these cities once again,[6][7] but the LNA denied these claims, releasing pictures showing their soldiers within Sidra and Ras Lanuf.[8]
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.svg) Map showing the offensive | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
 Ibrahim Jadhran[1] |
 Khalifa Haftar | ||||||||
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| Less than 1,000[3] | unknown | ||||||||
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| unknown |
15 killed 25 wounded[2] | ||||||||
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