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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
Misratan-led fighters are on the verge of defeating Islamic State. What happens next?

One War Nears an End in Libya. Battle Scars May Prevent Another

EghtesadOnline: Standing next to a tank, Libyan commander Abdul Hadi Lahwal picks up his walkie-talkie and speaks with snipers positioned in a disused school on the frontline of the battle against Islamic State. He was attempting to recover the bodies of two of his men, killed the day before.
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Publish Date: 17/September/2016 | 09:21

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

High toll for Libyan troops battling Islamic State in Sirte

EghtesadOnline: At least 34 Libyan fighters were killed and more than 180 wounded on Sunday as they closed in on the last Islamic State militant holdouts in the coastal city of Sirte, according to field hospitals.
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Publish Date: 29/August/2016 | 07:09

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

U.S. warplanes launch bombing campaign on Islamic State in Libya

EghtesadOnline: U.S. planes bombed Islamic State targets in Libya on Monday, responding to the U.N.-backed government's request to help push the militants from their former stronghold of Sirte in what U.S. officials described as the start of a sustained campaign against the extremist group in the city.
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Publish Date: 02/August/2016 | 10:21