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    Gharyan is a city in northwestern Libya, in Jabal al Gharbi District, located 80 km south of Tripoli. Gharyan is one of the largest towns in the district...
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    Gharyan District or Garian District (Arabic: شعبية غريان) was one of the districts of Libya. It was located in the northwest part of the country and its...
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  • The Battle of Gharyan, which unfolded from April 2019 to June 2019, was a significant conflict in the ongoing struggle for control in Libya. The opposing...
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  • in previous days to the rebels. Their first target was the city of Gharyan. Gharyan was seen as a strategic town, because it was the largest in the Nafusa...
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    type existed in the Gharyan Plateau ("Jebel Gharyan") area of the Nafusa Mountains in Libya, and are commonly referred to as Gharyan Jews. These communities...
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  • The Battle of Gharyan took place during the Libyan Civil War between rebel anti-Gaddafi forces and forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi for control of the...
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    southwestern part of Tripolitania province. In 1970 the governorate was renamed Gharyan Governorate, but the boundaries remained unchanged.[citation needed] In...
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    Libya's UN-recognized Government of National Accord successfully captured Gharyan, a strategic town where military commander Khalifa Haftar and his fighters...
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  • Gharyan volcanic field is a volcanic field in northwestern Libya, with the towns of Bani Walid, Gharyan, Mizdah and Tarhunah close by. Gharyan is one among...
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  • rock-fill embankment dam located on Wadi Al-Hira, 14 km (9 mi) northeast of Gharyan in the Jabal al Gharbi District of Libya. Completed in 1982, the primary...
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    Ghardabiya reservoir. 28 August 1996: to Tripoli. 28 September 2007: to Gharyan. Great Manmade River images GMMR - 20 dinar note (2002) GMMRA logo Stamp...
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    Jufra, Kufra, Marj, Murqub, Quba, Al Wahat, Bani Walid, Benghazi, Derna, Gharyan, Jabal al Akhdar, Murzuq, Misrata, Nalut, Nuqat al Khams, Sabha, Sabrata/Sorman...
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    important cities of Tripolitania: Misrata, Zawiya (near ancient Sabratha), Gharyan, Khoms (near ancient Leptis Magna), Tarhuna and Sirte. The city of Oea...
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  • eruption meters feet Coordinates Gharyan volcanic field 850 2790 32°00′N 13°15′E / 32°N 13.25°E / 32; 13.25 (Gharyan volcanic field) Pleistocene Haruj...
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    Gharyan, which were struck by the GNA air force. Haftar's forces also occupied the areas in Tripoli Airport Road, Qasir Benghashir and near Gharyan as...
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    submitted the tribes of the interior and several cities like Misrata, Zuwara, Gharyan, and Gafsa in the next decade. These efforts contributed to cement the...
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    Janzour, near Tobruk, Libya, he was the nephew of Hussein El Gariani (from Gharyan in western Libya), co-founder of the first senussi Zawia at Bayda in 1844...
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    Revolutionaries Operations Room (LROR), which was made up of rebels from Gharyan, and was initially intended to protect and secure Tripoli in August 2013...
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    Algiers, a medina named after its fortress Casbah of Dellys Derna Ghadames Gharyan Hun Murzuk Tripoli Waddan Tazirbu Benghazi Asilah Casablanca Chefchaouen...
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    attaining full autonomy from Italy, and, in November 1920, they met in Gharyan to bring an end to the violence. In January 1922, they agreed to request...
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    targeting pro-LNA advancing troops near Sirte, Tripoli International Airport, Gharyan and at the outskirts of Tripoli, while pro-LNA fighter jets targeted pro-GNA...
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    Sorman - north; Zawiya - northeast, at a quadripoint; Jafara - northeast; Gharyan - east; Mizda - southeast; Nalut - southwest; and Nuqat al Khams - northwest...
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  • District. Prior to 2007 it was located at the Gharyan District. It is close to the capital of the district, Gharyan, and is roughly 80 kilometres (50 mi) south...
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    Mountains. It was formed in 2007 from the former districts of Yafran, Gharyan and Mizda. From 1995 to 1998 Jabal al Gharbi also existed as a Baladiyah...
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    towards the Government of National Accord-held capital Tripoli and capturing Gharyan. April 6 – 2019 Maldivian parliamentary election: The Maldivian Democratic...
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  • First Battle of Zawiya Nafusa Mountain Campaign Battle of Wazzin Battle of Gharyan Battle of the Misrata frontline Zliten uprising Battle of Zliten Battle...
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    of attaining full autonomy from Italy, and in November 1920 they met in Gharyan to bring an end to the violence. In January 1922 they agreed to request...
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    the local notables as the administrators of Misrata along with Sirte, Gharyan and Tarhuna. However, that year, the Young Turks acquired power in Istanbul...
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    First Battle of Zawiya Nafusa Mountain Campaign Battle of Wazzin Battle of Gharyan Battle of the Misrata frontline Zliten uprising Battle of Zliten Battle...
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    City of Tripoli Ali Manaa – City of Ghadames Idris AbuFayid – City of – Gharyan Jamal Issa – City of Kabaw Ali Gamma – City of Murzuk Abd al-Hadi Shaweesh...
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