Kufra (/ˈkuːfrə/) is a basin and oasis group in the Kufra District of southeastern Cyrenaica in Libya. At the end of nineteenth century Kufra became the...
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Capture of Kufra (French: Prise de Koufra, Italian: Cufra) was part of the Allied Western Desert Campaign during the Second World War. Kufra is a group...
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Kufra, Kufrah or Kofra (Arabic: الكفرة Al Kufra), also spelled Cufra in Italian, is the largest district of Libya and the second largest such district...
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Kufra conflict may refer to: Battle of Kufra (1941) 2008 Kufra conflict 2012 Kufra conflict This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the...
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The Tragedy at Kufra occurred in May 1942 during World War II, when 11 of 12 South African aircrew flying in three Bristol Blenheim Mark IV aircraft of...
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Battle of Kufra may refer to either of two battles fought for control of the Libyan desert town of Kufra: Battle of Kufra (1931), between Italian colonial...
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Kufra Airport (IATA: AKF, ICAO: HLKF) is an airport serving Al Jawf, capital of the Kufra District in southeastern Libya. The airport is just east of...
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The 2008 Kufra conflict was an armed conflict in the Kufra region of Libya, between the pro-Toubou Toubou Front for the Salvation of Libya (TFSL) faction...
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The Battle of Kufra occurred during the Italian colonization of Libya and was a climactic moment in the Second Italo-Senussi War. The Italians were divided...
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Toubou tribes to depart to Chad, and finally exploded on 2 November 2008 in Kufra, when a protest against the exclusion of Toubou children from education...
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Muhammad al-Mahdi as-Senussi (section Kufra)
interference by the Ottomans Al-Mahdi moved again, much further south to the Kufra oasis in the Libyan Desert subregion of the Sahara. Nonetheless, the Ottoman...
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the southwest. The main oases are Jaghbub and Jalo in east, in Cyrenaica, Kufra in the southeast, and Murzuk in the south, in Fezzan. The sand seas lie...
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Zurg language (redirect from Kufra language)
Zurg, or Kufra, is reportedly an extinct Berber language formerly spoken in the town of Kufra in southeastern Libya. No data seems to be attested for it...
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of oases in unconnected shallow depressions, the Kufra group, consisting of Tazerbo, Rebianae and Kufra. Aside from the scarps, the general flatness is...
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sent his aide-de-camp Azmzade Sadik El Mueyyed to Jaghbub in 1886 and to Kufra in 1895 to cultivate positive relations with the Senussi and to counter...
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2012 Kufra conflict started in the aftermath of the Libyan civil war, and involved armed clashes between the Tobu and Zuwayya tribes in the Kufra area...
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Post-coup unrest (2013–2014) Terrorism in Egypt (2013–present) Libya 2008 Kufra conflict Libyan crisis 2011 civil war 2011–2014 factional violence 2014–2020...
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Italian convoy carrying supplies to Kufra. 'T' Patrol, commanded by Captain Clayton, reconnoitred the main route between Kufra and Uweinat, then drove south...
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Air Kufra (Arabic: الكُفرة للطيران) (IATA: 7F, ICAO: KAV) was a small Libyian charter airline. It was mainly operated out of Kufra Airport. It had only...
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Post-coup unrest (2013–2014) Terrorism in Egypt (2013–present) Libya 2008 Kufra conflict Libyan crisis 2011 civil war 2011–2014 factional violence 2014–2020...
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Post-coup unrest (2013–2014) Terrorism in Egypt (2013–present) Libya 2008 Kufra conflict Libyan crisis 2011 civil war 2011–2014 factional violence 2014–2020...
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(1911–1934) Cyrenaica and Kufra under The Sultanate of Egypt (1914–1922) Kufra (Sarra Triangle) under The Kingdom of Egypt (1922–1934) Kufra (Sarra Triangle) under...
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Operation Compass (section Giarabub, Kufra and Uweinat)
the oasis of Kufra was attacked by Free French from French Equatorial Africa, in concert with Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) patrols. Kufra fell after the...
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only 5 millimetres (0.20 in). Some locations in the Sahara Desert such as Kufra, Libya, record an even drier 0.86 mm (0.034 in) of rainfall annually. The...
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Ajdabiya–Kufra road is an asphalt road in Libya running from Ajdabiya to Kufra. It is about 864 km (537 mi) long. The road is essential for traffic from...
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Post-coup unrest (2013–2014) Terrorism in Egypt (2013–present) Libya 2008 Kufra conflict Libyan crisis 2011 civil war 2011–2014 factional violence 2014–2020...
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halted due to the onset of the war. Madox leaves his Tiger Moth airplane at Kufra Oasis before his return to Britain. Caravaggio now seeks revenge for his...
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exploration team working for British Petroleum (BP) in the northeast of Libya's Kufra District. The team contacted authorities at Wheelus Air Base, but no attempt...
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trade on a particular route. For example, the oases of Awjila, Ghadames and Kufra, situated in modern-day Libya, have at various times been vital to both...
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