The Gulf of Sidra (Arabic: خليج السدرة, romanized: Khalij as-Sidra, also known as the Gulf of Sirte (Arabic: خليج سرت, romanized: Khalij Surt, is a body of water in the Mediterranean Sea on the northern coast of Libya, named after the oil port of Sidra or the city of Sirte.[2] It was also historically known as the Great Sirte or Greater Syrtis (Latin: Syrtis Major; Ancient Greek: Σύρτις μεγάλη; contrasting with Syrtis Minor on the coast of Tunisia).[3]
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The GulfofSidra (Arabic: خليج السدرة, romanized: Khalij as-Sidra, also known as the Gulfof Sirte (Arabic: خليج سرت, romanized: Khalij Surt, is a body...
GulfofSidra incident or GulfofSidra incidents may refer to: GulfofSidra incident (1981), US-Libyan air engagement over territorial claim, two Russian-made...
Look up sidra in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sidra may refer to: Sidra (name) GulfofSidra, a body of water in the Mediterranean Sea on the northern...
prior during the 1981 GulfofSidra incident. The engagement took place over the Mediterranean Sea, about 40 miles (64 km) north of Tobruk, Libya. In 1973...
resulting in loss of an A-6 Intruder and an A-7 Corsair. Carrier battle groups routinely operated in the GulfofSidra inside the "Line of Death" proclaimed...
This is a list of notable fixed-wing military air combat victories since the end of the Vietnam War grouped by the year that the victory occurred. This...
anti-Gaddafi Libyans. After years of occasional skirmishes with Libya over Libyan territorial claims to the GulfofSidra, the United States contemplated...
Persian Gulf (Persian: خلیج فارس, romanized: xalij-e fârs, lit. 'Gulfof Fars', pronounced [xæliːdʒe fɒːɾs]), sometimes called the Arabian Gulf (Arabic:...
a Mediterranean coastal town on the GulfofSidra in central-northeastern Libya. It is in the Al Wahat District of the Cyrenaica region. It was in the...
occurred over the Gulfof Sirte in the Mediterranean Sea. US F-14 Tomcat jets fired anti-aircraft missiles against a formation of Libyan fighter jets...
international traffic. This position, which is similar to that of Libya on the GulfofSidra, is not recognized by some other countries, such as the United...
boat in the western GulfofSidra were killed in international waters claimed by the Libyan government.[citation needed] The site of the bombing, a discothèque...
The Gulfof Guinea is the northeasternmost part of the tropical Atlantic Ocean from Cape Lopez in Gabon, north and west to Cape Palmas in Liberia. Null...
shortest shipping route between the multinational Gulfof Trieste and the Libyan coastline of the GulfofSidra is about 1,900 kilometres (1,200 mi). The water...
The Gulfof Oman or Sea of Oman (Arabic: خليج عمان khalīj ʿumān; Persian: دریای عمان daryâ-ye omân), also known as Gulfof Makran or Sea of Makran (Arabic:...
The Second GulfofSidra offensive was a military operation in the First Libyan Civil War conducted by rebel anti-Gaddafi forces in August and September...
In the first GulfofSidra incident, two United States Navy F-14 Tomcats from the USS Nimitz engaged and shot down two Libyan Su-22s off of the Libyan coast...
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