On 17 April, a heavy artillery bombardment of all rebel-held areas in the Jabal al Gharbi district started and continued into the next day.
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Gharyan was seen as a strategic town, because it was the largest in the Nafusa Mountains, a direct gateway to the Jabal al Gharbi District from Tripoli and was part of the defence ring loyalist forces were establishing around the capital.
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