Libyan forces

Libyan Forces Under Haftar Move Closer to Zueitina Oil Terminal

EghtesadOnline: Libyan forces loyal to eastern-based military commander Khalifa Haftar have entered Zueitina and established a presence about 10 kilometers from the city’s oil terminal.

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Publish Date:16/August/2016 | 09:12

Libyan forces face deadly Islamic State defense in Sirte holdout

EghtesadOnline: Libyan forces faced fierce resistance on Saturday from Islamic State militants defending a final strip of land in their former stronghold of Sirte, losing at least five men, officials said.

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Publish Date:26/November/2016 | 21:20

Libyan forces advance in Sirte, 14 troops killed, officials say

EghtesadOnline: Libyan pro-government forces have advanced into another area in their battle to liberate Sirte from Islamic State in fighting that killed 14 of their troops, military officials and hospital sources said.

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Publish Date:15/October/2016 | 07:14

Libyan forces report further progress against Islamic State holdouts in Sirte

EghtesadOnline: Libyan forces said they had advanced against some of Islamic State's last holdouts in Sirte on Saturday as fighting resumed after several days of relative calm.

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Publish Date:04/September/2016 | 07:07

Libyan forces say Islamic State beaten back in Sirte

EghtesadOnline: Libyan forces said they captured a residential neighborhood in central Sirte from Islamic State on Monday, leaving just one district of the city still occupied by the militants.

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Publish Date:30/August/2016 | 07:15

Libyan forces say they capture mosque, prison from Islamic State in Sirte

EghtesadOnline: Libyan forces renewed their push to oust Islamic State from its former North African stronghold of Sirte on Sunday, saying they had seized the city's main mosque and a jail run by the militants' morality police.

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Publish Date:22/August/2016 | 09:41

Libyan forces in fresh clashes with Islamic State in Sirte

EghtesadOnline: Libyan forces engaged in renewed clashes with Islamic State militants in Sirte on Thursday, a day after capturing a convention complex that had been a symbol of the militant group's authority in the city.

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Publish Date:12/August/2016 | 09:30

Libyan forces capture Sirte convention center from IS

EghtesadOnline: Libyan forces battling to oust IS (Daesh group) from Sirte on Wednesday captured a large convention hall complex in the city center, seizing a symbolic base where militants once held meetings and flew their black jihadist flag; Reuters reported.

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Publish Date:11/August/2016 | 09:55