Al Fuqahā', Libya
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Fuqaha or El-Foqaha is a spring-fed town in central Libya
, 200 km by road south of Sokna, on the western edge of the great central Haruj
volcano and lava field. It was one of the last holdouts of loyalists in the 2011 Libyan civil war
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Libya
Libya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....
, 200 km by road south of Sokna, on the western edge of the great central Haruj
Haruj
Haruj is a large volcanic field spread across in central Libya. It contains about 150 volcanoes, including numerous basaltic scoria cones and about 30 small shield volcanoes, along with craters and lava flows....
volcano and lava field. It was one of the last holdouts of loyalists in the 2011 Libyan civil war
2011 Libyan civil war
The 2011 Libyan civil war was an armed conflict in the North African state of Libya, fought between forces loyal to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi and those seeking to oust his government. The war was preceded by protests in Benghazi beginning on 15 February 2011, which led to clashes with security...
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