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Fezzan
Description
Fezzan Fezzan is a south western region of modern Libya. It is largely desert but broken by mountains, uplands, and dry river valleys in the north, where oases enable ancient towns and villages to survive deep in the otherwise inhospitable Sahara. (via Freebase)
 
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Articles Around the Web
Understanding the Sanusi of Cyrenaica: How to Avoid a Civil War in Libya
Humanitarian News
— Mar 28, 2012 at 03:03 pm
...and Fezzan to form modern-day Libya. King Idris, a Sanusi leader with close ties to Cyrenaica, ruled Libya as its constitutional monarch, until ...
Sudan war mirrors region's oil conflicts
iStockAnalyst
— Apr 18, 2012 at 07:22 pm
...from the southern Fezzan region, another key oil-producing zone. The National Transitional Council is weak, without a strong military force beca...
Fear of split as eastern Libya claims autonomy
Sydney Morning Herald
— Mar 7, 2012 at 01:26 pm
...when Libya was divided into three states: Tripolitania in the west, Fezzan in the south-west and Cyrenaica to the east. As the monarch's power b...
Oil-Rich Eastern Libya Declares Autonomous Cyrenaica
International Business Times
— Mar 7, 2012 at 01:56 pm
...of Libya into three federations, in which the northwest of the country was known as Tripolitania, the southwest as Fezzan and the east as Cyrena...