Msus
Msus or Zawiyat Msus (Arabic: زاوية مسوس), also Masous is a village in eastern Libya. It's located 130 km (81 mi) on the southeast of Benghazi, and far from Suluq on the same direction by 80 km (50 mi).[1]
Msus
زاوية مسوس Zawiyat Msus | |
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  Msus Location in Libya | |
| Coordinates: 31°35′00″N 21°01′00″E | |
| Country |  Libya |
| Region | Cyrenaica |
| District | Benghazi |
| Time zone | UTC + 2 |
There is a road linking her to Suluq. It's also linked with Charruba (about 69 km (43 mi) to the north) by another road.
Msus had been a site of several battles between Italian colonial forces and Libyan resistance fighters, like the one took place on March 3; 1914, between the latter (withdrawing from the Battle of Sceleildima) and the former.[2]
Notes
- Salem Mohammed ez Zawam, “Mu’jam al Amakin al Jughrafiya fi Libia”, Dar wa Maktabat ash Sha’b, Misratah, 2005, p.75.
- Kalifa Tillisi, “Mu’jam Ma’arik Al Jihad fi Libia1911-1931”, Dar Ath Thaqafa, Beirut, Lebanon, 1973, p.263.
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