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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