Libya: 18 killed and 120 wounded in clashes with Islamic State (IS) terrorists in Sirte
Eighteen fighters loyal to Libya’s UN-backed unity government were killed and 120 others wounded in clashes today with the so-called Islamic State group in Sirte, a medical source said.
A field hospital for the forces backing the Government of National Accord (GNA) listed the names of the 18 fighters killed in the coastal city, as loyalist forces pushed into the last areas held by IS in Sirte.
The pro-GNA forces are pressing a months-long campaign to retake the city from the jihadists, who overran it in June 2015.
Earlier, a spokesman for forces backing the GNA said: “Our forces entered the last areas held by Daesh (an Arabic acronym for IS) in Sirte: district number one and district number three.”