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GNA forces withdraw as LNA takes Sirte in Libya
Forces aligned with the UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) said that they had withdrawn from Libya’s strategic coastal city of ... North Africa -
Libyan National Army gains control of third largest district in Libya’s Sirte
The Libyan National Army (LNA) has gained control of the third largest district of Libya’s Sirte, according to Al Arabiya sources. The LNA, led ... North Africa -
Bodies of 21 Coptic Christians beheaded by ISIS to return to Egypt
Three years after 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians were kidnapped and executed by ISIS militants in the city of Sirt in Libya, the Libyan attorney ... Middle East -
Libyan forces hit ISIS camp with air strike
East Libyan forces said they launched air strikes against suspected ISIS militants on Wednesday south of the group’s former stronghold of Sirte. ... North Africa -
Boris Johnson: Sirte can be next Dubai – only if ‘dead bodies are cleared away’
British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson came under fire Tuesday for saying Libya could become a magnet for tourists and investors -- if it can ... World News -
ISIS militants killed in Libya by US airstrike
Two US air strikes killed several ISIS militants in Libya earlier this week, the US military said on Thursday, the second series of strikes in the ... North Africa -
Libya arrests ISIS militant involved in 2015 beheadings
Libyan authorities have arrested a suspected ISIS militant they believe was involved in the beheading of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians in Libya in ... Middle East -
More than 80 ISIS militants killed in US strikes in Libya
US B-2 bombers carried out air strikes against ISIS camps outside of Sirte, Libya North Africa -
Utter destruction, not in Aleppo… it’s in Libya’s Sirte
Sirte was known to be Qaddafi’s favored city, where his grandfather once led an significant battle against Italian occupation Features -
Human Rights Watch urges protection for Libya civilians
After evacuating the city of Sirte, Libyan authorities detained a number of civilians suspected of ISIS links North Africa -
US military ends anti-ISIS operation in Libya’s Sirte
US drones, gunships and warplanes had hammered ISIS positions, conducting a total of 495 strikes Middle East -
Libya announces liberation of Sirte from ISIS control
Prime minister-designate Fayez al-Sarraj, however, warns that the battle against the militants was not over Middle East -
Libyan forces clear last ISIS holdout in Sirte
Libyan forces backed by US air strikes have finished clearing the final district of the former ISIS stronghold of Sirte North Africa -
Libya forces fully recover Sirte from ISIS
Forces allied with the country’s unity government launched an offensive to retake the city on May 12 Middle East -
Watch: Female ISIS member carries out attack in Sirte
Al Arabiya exclusively acquired a video showing a suicide operation carried out by a female ISIS member in Libya’s Sirte North Africa -
Far from Mosul, ISIS close to defeat in Libya’s Sirte
Defeat in Sirte will damage ISIS’s ability to show it is expanding globally and deprive it of a foothold outside Iraq and Syria North Africa -
Libya pro-government forces rescue 14 civilians in Sirte
ISIS militants have been cornered in a single area of Sirte after a months-long assault Gulf -
US air strikes pound Libya’s Sirte to oust ISIS militants
Libyan forces are close to ending a six-month campaign to liberate Sirte from ISIS Middle East -
Libya says four ISIS espionage planes found
Libya forces found a new headquarters belonging to ISIS and found four small planes used for espionage North Africa -
Fourteen dead as pro-govt fighters squeeze ISIS in Libya’s Sirte
Forces allied with Libya’s UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) have cornered ISIS fighters in Sirte Middle East -
US hits ISIS Libya positions as air war rages on
Many of the strikes are being conducted from the USS Wasp, an amphibious assault ship off the Libyan coast in the Mediterranean Middle East -
Libyan forces foil ambush, lose eight men in Sirte battle
Their advance has been slowed by ISIS snipers, improvised explosive devices and suicide bombings in close-quarter street battles Middle East -
Libyan forces lose six fighters in renewed ground attack in Sirte
Libyan forces resumed a ground attack on Sunday against ISIS militants encircled in their former stronghold of Sirte Middle East -
Dutch journalist killed in Libyan city of Sirte
Dutch journalist Jeroen Oerlemans has been fatally shot by a sniper in the Libyan city of Sirte, according to Dutch national broadcaster Print -
19 dead in clashes with ISIS in Libya’s Sirte
Sirte was an ISIS stronghold before forces loyal to the country's Government of National Accord launched their offensive n May Middle East -
Papers show Libyan ISIS bridal dowries of guns, explosives
Documents retrieved from Sirte, record the variety of dowries offered by militant grooms to their future wives Middle East -
Libyan troops in renewed push against ISIS
Libyan forces allied with the UN-backed government on Sunday battled ISIS militants in their last hideouts in the city of Sirte Middle East -
US: Libya close to eliminating ISIS from Sirte
Libyan forces had advanced against some of ISIS’s last holdouts in the city and are close to are close to vanquishing the extremists Middle East -
Tunisia urges joint action on Libya militant returnees
Minister: North African countries should be cooperating more to stop ISIS militants who are fleeing their Libyan stronghold of Sirte North Africa -
Libya forces facing ‘fierce’ ISIS resistance in Sirte
Libyan pro-government forces are facing “fierce resistance” from ISIS holdouts in Sirte and it could take several days to gain full control Home Page