Fezzan - Wikipedia
WEBFezzan (UK: / f ɛ ˈ z ɑː n / fez-AHN, [1] [2] US: / f ɛ ˈ z æ n, f ə ˈ z æ n / fez-AN, fə-ZAN; [1] [3] Berber languages: ⴼⵣⵣⴰⵏ, romanized: Fezzan; Arabic: فَزَّان , romanized: Fazzān [4]; Latin: Phazania) is the southwestern region of modern Libya.
Fezzan-Ghadames Military Territory - Wikipedia
WEBThe Fezzan-Ghadames Military Territory was a territory in the southern part of Italian Libya which was occupied and administered by Free France from 1943 until Libya gained independence in 1951. It was part of the allied occupation of Libya.
Territoire du Fezzan — Wikipédia
WEBLe territoire du Fezzan ou territoire du Fezzan - Ghadamès est une portion de l'actuelle Libye administrée par la France entre le 11 avril 1943 et le 24 décembre 1951. Conquête du Fezzan italien par la colonne Leclerc. Troupes de la colonne Leclerc à …
Battles for Murzuch - Wikipedia
WEBThe Battles for Murzuch, or the Reconquest of Fezzan, was a series of operations in the region today known as Fezzan. Italian soldiers and local fighters fought for who would have control over the region and the city of Murzuch, and the Italians were eventually victorious.
Unseen Sahara - National Geographic
WEBIn the southwest part of Libya, a region called Fezzan is the beating heart of the Sahara, an inaccessible place full of sand seas, wadis, mountains, plateaus, oases, and mystery.
Europe's True Southern Frontier: The General, the Jihadis, and the …
WEBFezzan is a massive area of over 212,000 square miles with a mostly tribal population of less than 500,000 living in isolated oases or wadis (dry riverbeds, often with subsurface water). Hidden by sand seas and rocky desert are the assets that make Fezzan so strategically desirable: vital oil fields, access to massive subterranean freshwater ...
Fezzan | Saharan Desert, Saharan Oases, Historical Sites | Britannica
WEBFezzan, historic region of northern Africa and until 1963 one of the three provinces of the United Kingdom of Libya. It is part of the Sahara (desert) and now constitutes the southwestern sector of Libya. Fezzan’s climate is extreme, with very hot …
How Libya’s Fezzan Became Europe’s New Border
WEBJul 31, 2017 · European policymakers increasingly are looking at the Fezzan, Libya’s vast and scarcely populated south west, as their frontier against sub-Saharan African migrants and refugees traveling the Central Mediterranean route to Europe.
The Unseen Side Of Sahara : The Picture Show : NPR
WEBOct 13, 2009 · The southwestern region, called Fezzan, is the heart of the Sahara and almost entirely inhospitable. Although ancient tribes inhabited this area, especially during more lush seasons, the...
The Strategic Role of the Fezzan Region for European Security
WEBMay 30, 2019 · The role of the EU in addressing security and insurgency issues in the Fezzan is limited due to internal divisions among the EU member states in dealing with the Libyan conflict. Italy supports Al-Sarraj’s government in Tripoli, while France supports Haftar’s Libyan National Army in Benghazi.