MISURATA – Libyan fighters have captured the southern oasis town of Jufra from forces loyal to deposed leader Muammar Gadafy, a military spokesman for the National Transitional Council said yesterday.
“The whole of the Jufra area, we have been told it has been liberated,” Fathi Bashaagha told reporters.
Jufra, some 700km (435 miles) southeast of Tripoli, is one of the last Gadafy strongholds.