The Gulf of Sidra Offensive was an offensive of the Second Libyan Civil War. It was launched by the

Benghazi Defense Brigades The Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries ( ar, مجلس شورى ثوار بنغازي, ''Majlis Shura Thuwar Benghazi'') is a military coalition in Benghazi composed of Islamist and jihadist militias, including Ansar al-Sharia, Libya Shield ...

on 11 June 2018, and was fought concurrently with the Battle of Derna. On the first day, The Benghazi Defense Brigades captured Ras Lanuf and

Sidra Sidra may refer to: *Sidra (name) Places *Gulf of Sidra, a body of water in the Mediterranean Sea on the northern coast of Libya *Sidra, Libya, a Libyan port *Sidra, Sokółka County, a village in Poland *Gmina Sidra, a Polish administrative dis ...

, before the Libyan National Army started a counteroffensive on 17 June. On 21 June, The LNA captured Ras Lanuf and Al Sidra. Hours later, The Benghazi Defense Brigades claimed to capture these cities once again, but the LNA denied these claims, releasing pictures showing their soldiers within Sidra and Ras Lanuf.

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{{reflist Military operations of the Second Libyan Civil War Second Libyan Civil War Conflicts in 2018