Ubari Awbari, Wadi Al Hayaa District, Fezzan, Libya

2011 Libyan civil war
During the 2011 Libyan civil war the town was captured by the forces of the National Transitional Council on 22 September 2011.
On 19 November 2011, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi and a few associates were captured and detained about 50 kilometers west of Ubari as they were trying to flee to neighbouring Niger.