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Libya pro-govt forces preparing ‘decisive’ Sirte assault
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Libya's unity government forces said Tuesday they were preparing for a final assault on the ISIS group's stronghold of Sirte, after repelling multiple counter-attacks from the surrounded myrmidons.

"Despite apparent calm along the fronts, our intelligence network is in full swing in preparation for the decisive battle," forces loyal to the Tripoli
...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn...
-based Government of National Accord (GNA) said in a statement.

Anti-ISIS forces launched an operation to retake Sirte -- the hometown of late dictator Muammar Qadaffy
...a reminder that a single man with an idea can change an entire nation, usually for the worse...
-- last month and quickly surrounded the krazed killers.

ISIS hit back with string of suicide boom-mobileings in a bid to break the encirclement.

According to the pro-GNA forces statement, fighters were targeting ISIS-held areas of Sirte with heavy artillery as well as with "daily" air strikes.

"(ISIS fighters) are besieged in a small area of Sirte and although they have sought to break out our forces have repelled all attempts," the statement said.

It added that the jihadists had barricaded themselves in residential buildings and had deployed snipers and bombs to fend off pro-GNA forces.

According to medical sources, five pro-GNA forces were killed and 16 maimed in festivities.

Loyalists said they had killed "dozens" of Death Eaters in the past 24 hours.

At least 170 loyalist troops have been killed and hundreds maimed since the start of the offensive to capture Sirte, 450 kilometers east of Tripoli.

An unknown number of Death Eaters have been killed in the city, which they overran in June.

Posted by: Fred 2016-06-22
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