oasis
In ecology, an oasis (; : oases ) is a fertile area of a desert or semi-desert environmentAl Wahat District,
Cyrenaica
Cyrenaica ( ) or Kyrenaika (, , after the city of Cyrene), is the eastern region of Libya. Cyrenaica includes all of the eastern part of Libya between the 16th and 25th meridians east, including the Kufra District. The coastal region, als ...
region, in north-eastern
Libya
Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt–Libya border, the east, Sudan to Libya–Sudan border, the southeast, Chad to Chad–L ...
. Prior to 2007, it was in the Ajdabiya District. After 2015 it was in Jikharra District (بلدية إجخرة).
In 1929, during the
Second Italo-Senussi War
The Second Italo-Senussi War, also referred to as the pacification of Libya, was a conflict that occurred during the Italian colonization of Libya between Italian military forces (composed mainly by colonial troops from Libya, Eritrea, and Som ...
, a battle took place in the desert near the town at Al-Koz and Abu Athila, in which 241 Senussi fighters were killed.