During World War II Nofaliya was the site of a brief skirmish in late 1942 when some of Erwin Rommel's retreating forces ran out of fuel.[1] At the time it was home to a small fort with a few Italian buildings in addition to a mosque, some shops and a school.[1]
During the Second Libyan Civil War, Nofaliya was fought over by the New General National Congress forces (NGNC), the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL); the Libyan National Army (LNA) and various militias. In February 2015, the town was taken over by the ISIL. A convoy of forty heavily armed vehicles arrived from Sirte and ordered Nofaliya's residents to "repent" and pledge allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The fighters appointed Ali Al-Qarqaa as "emir" of the town.[2] Nofaliya was briefly retaken by New General National Congress forces on 19 March 2015,[3] but they withdrew the next day. The LNA took the town,[4] but ISIL regained the town from the LNA the following week.[5][6] It was not until the Bunyan Marsous offensive in Spring of 2016 that pro-government forces retook the city on 31 May 2016.[7] However, in December 2016 militia forces, believed to be units of the Benghazi Defence Brigades, attempted to take over Nofaliya, driving off the NGNC forces, but were in turn driven out the same day by the Libyan National Army (LNA).[8]
Referencesedit
^ abClifford, Alexander G. (1943). The Conquest of North Africa 1940 to 1943 (first ed.). Boston, Massachusetts: Little, Brown and Company. p. 353. OCLC 1044847., reprinted in 2005 by Kessinger Publishing, ISBN978-1-4191-2656-7
^"IS said to have taken another Libyan town". Times of Malta. 10 February 2015. from the original on 12 February 2015.
^"Pro-Tripoli forces retake Nawfaliya from ISIS, Al Jazeera". ANSAmed. 19 March 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
^Al-Misrati, Naima (20 March 2015). "Libyan army avances toward Tripoli - official". Kuwait News Agency (KUNA).
^Westcott, Tom (28 March 2015). "Tripoli forces withdraw from battle for Libyan oil ports". Middle East Eye.
^Ali, Abdullah Suleiman (31 March 2015). "Will IS benefit from Operation Decisive Storm?". from the original on 3 April 2015.
^"UN envoy calls for more unity in defeating Islamic State in Libya". Africanews. 31 May 2016.
^"LNA retake Ben Jawad and Nufliya". Libya Herald. 7 December 2016. from the original on 8 December 2016.
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nofaliya, nawfaliya, arabic, النوفلية, nawfalīyah, town, desert, sirte, district, libya, west, libya, major, ports, النوفليةtownlocation, libyacoordinates, 78306, 83306, 78306, 83306country, libyadistrictsirtetime, zoneutc, located, former, jawad, district, ar. Nofaliya or Nawfaliya Arabic النوفلية Nawfaliyah is a town in the desert in the Sirte District of Libya It is west of Libya s major oil ports Nofaliya النوفليةTownNofaliyaLocation in LibyaCoordinates 30 46 59 N 17 49 59 E 30 78306 N 17 83306 E 30 78306 17 83306Country LibyaDistrictSirteTime zoneUTC 2 EET It is located in the former Bin Jawad District around 20 km west of Bin Jawad and 15 km south east of Uwayja History editDuring World War II Nofaliya was the site of a brief skirmish in late 1942 when some of Erwin Rommel s retreating forces ran out of fuel 1 At the time it was home to a small fort with a few Italian buildings in addition to a mosque some shops and a school 1 During the Second Libyan Civil War Nofaliya was fought over by the New General National Congress forces NGNC the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ISIL the Libyan National Army LNA and various militias In February 2015 the town was taken over by the ISIL A convoy of forty heavily armed vehicles arrived from Sirte and ordered Nofaliya s residents to repent and pledge allegiance to Abu Bakr al Baghdadi The fighters appointed Ali Al Qarqaa as emir of the town 2 Nofaliya was briefly retaken by New General National Congress forces on 19 March 2015 3 but they withdrew the next day The LNA took the town 4 but ISIL regained the town from the LNA the following week 5 6 It was not until the Bunyan Marsous offensive in Spring of 2016 that pro government forces retook the city on 31 May 2016 7 However in December 2016 militia forces believed to be units of the Benghazi Defence Brigades attempted to take over Nofaliya driving off the NGNC forces but were in turn driven out the same day by the Libyan National Army LNA 8 References edit a b Clifford Alexander G 1943 The Conquest of North Africa 1940 to 1943 first ed Boston Massachusetts Little Brown and Company p 353 OCLC 1044847 reprinted in 2005 by Kessinger Publishing ISBN 978 1 4191 2656 7 IS said to have taken another Libyan town Times of Malta 10 February 2015 Archived from the original on 12 February 2015 Pro Tripoli forces retake Nawfaliya from ISIS Al Jazeera ANSAmed 19 March 2015 Retrieved 19 April 2015 Al Misrati Naima 20 March 2015 Libyan army avances toward Tripoli official Kuwait News Agency KUNA Westcott Tom 28 March 2015 Tripoli forces withdraw from battle for Libyan oil ports Middle East Eye Ali Abdullah Suleiman 31 March 2015 Will IS benefit from Operation Decisive Storm Archived from the original on 3 April 2015 UN envoy calls for more unity in defeating Islamic State in Libya Africanews 31 May 2016 LNA retake Ben Jawad and Nufliya Libya Herald 7 December 2016 Archived from the original on 8 December 2016 nbsp This Libya location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Nofaliya amp oldid 989934395, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
