Yifrin
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Yafran ˈjɑːfrən also spelled Jefren, Yefren, Yifran, Yifrin or Ifrane, is an Amazigh (Berber) city in northwestern Libya
, in the Jabal al Gharbi District. It was historically a very important city. For example in the Ottoman era it was the capital of Jabal district (at that time there were 5 districts in Libya of which Jabal is one). In the time of resistance against Italian invasion in 1911, Jabal leadership was in Yafran head by Suleiman Al-Baruni who with other leaders of resistance establish the first republic in Arab League countries and second in Muslim countries. He brought telegraph service to Yafran (See the book Adventures in Tripoli by British doctor, Griffin). In the time of independence (Kingdom), Yafran was second city in Jabal after Gharyan and it was a municipality. Yafran still enjoys its "cosmopolitan" multicultural mosaic that built up in the history by having Amazigh, Arabs and subsaharan Africans; Muslims (Malikai and Ibadi) and Jews. Women have great contribution and Yafran had one of the earliest female schools in Libya and ones of first educated women in Libya. Before 2007, Yafran was the administrative seat of the Yafran District.
When Yafran fell to Gaddafi's forces with the centre of the town being used as a position for "government tanks, artillery guns and snipers". On 2 June, FFs retook the city center and started to clear the area of Gaddafi's forces.
On 6 June, an on-site Reuters
journalist reported that the pro-Gaddafi forces were nowhere to be seen in or around the town.
Libya
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, in the Jabal al Gharbi District. It was historically a very important city. For example in the Ottoman era it was the capital of Jabal district (at that time there were 5 districts in Libya of which Jabal is one). In the time of resistance against Italian invasion in 1911, Jabal leadership was in Yafran head by Suleiman Al-Baruni who with other leaders of resistance establish the first republic in Arab League countries and second in Muslim countries. He brought telegraph service to Yafran (See the book Adventures in Tripoli by British doctor, Griffin). In the time of independence (Kingdom), Yafran was second city in Jabal after Gharyan and it was a municipality. Yafran still enjoys its "cosmopolitan" multicultural mosaic that built up in the history by having Amazigh, Arabs and subsaharan Africans; Muslims (Malikai and Ibadi) and Jews. Women have great contribution and Yafran had one of the earliest female schools in Libya and ones of first educated women in Libya. Before 2007, Yafran was the administrative seat of the Yafran District.
2011 Libyan Revolution
Yafran people, as in other cities of Libya, have demonstrated against Gaddafi. Subsequently, Yafran was exposed to bombardment and siege by Gaddafi forces. As of May 2011, Gaddafi's forces had shut down the water system and blocked food supplies and held the western part of the town with some 500 rebels in the eastern section of Yafran still resisting.When Yafran fell to Gaddafi's forces with the centre of the town being used as a position for "government tanks, artillery guns and snipers". On 2 June, FFs retook the city center and started to clear the area of Gaddafi's forces.
On 6 June, an on-site Reuters
Reuters
Reuters is a news agency headquartered in New York City. Until 2008 the Reuters news agency formed part of a British independent company, Reuters Group plc, which was also a provider of financial market data...
journalist reported that the pro-Gaddafi forces were nowhere to be seen in or around the town.
External links
- "Yafran, Libya", Falling Rain Genomics, Inc.
- "Yafran Map — Satellite Images of Yafran", Maplandia