Libyan forces resume attack on IS last spots in Sirte
Libyan forces of Al-Bunyan Al-Marsous resumed attacks on Sunday against IS militants, who are currently trapped in their former stronghold of Sirte – specifically inside neighborhood 3 – losing at least six of their fighters, according to a field hospital casualty list.
The list named six killed fighters, three of them from the city of Misurata.
In the morning, Libyan forces’ fighter aircraft carried out 6 airstrikes on IS militants in Sirte paving the way for infantry troops to advance into final spots in neighbourhood 3.
Reports from Al-Bunyan Al-Marsous said about 10 Is terrorists were killed in Sunday attacks too.
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