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The fall of Sirte to pro-government forces is a significant setback for the Islamic State group in Libya, but will not spell the end of the jihadists in the strife-torn country, experts say. The loss ...
News Libya » Sirte » Places: Sirte residents turn anger on Libya's new rulers
SIRTE, Libya (Reuters) - Many residents of Sirte, Muammar Gaddafi's birth-place, blame Libya's new rulers and their Western allies for the death and destruction unleashed on their city by weeks of ...
News Libya » Sirte » Places: Libya govt says Sirte offensive launched as general backs ceasefire
Forces loyal to Libya’s UN-recognised government said they launched an offensive Saturday to seize the strategic city of Sirte, as rival strongman Khalifa Haftar backed an Egypt-proposed ceasefire ...
News Libya » Sirte » Places: Libya's unity forces in battle to retake strategic Sirte
The Mediterranean coastal city -- the home of former dictator Moamer Kadhafi, who was ousted and killed in 2011 in a NATO-backed uprising -- is also a key gateway to the country's major oil fields in ...
News Libya » Sirte » Places: Haftar's Sirte seizure major blow to Libya government, analysts say
Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar's capture of the strategic city of Sirte on Monday was a major setback for Tripoli's UN-recognised government, analysts say. The fresh advance by Haftar's self-styled ...
News Libya » Sirte » Places: Gaza-bound aid convoy dissolves in Libya after activists arrested at Sirte crossing, ten in custody
A Gaza-bound activist land convoy was dissolved in Libya on Thursday, after it was denied entry into the eastern part of the country – controlled by the Government of National Stability – and 10 of ...
News Libya » Sirte » Places: Libya's rival militaries hold landmark unification talks on home soil
Meeting in Sirte comes on back of US-led push offering oil investment in return for help to end years of division ...
News Libya » Sirte » Places: Sirte Gulf International Airport Resumes Operations After 12 Years
Libya’s aviation industry has received a major boost as Sirte Gulf International Airport officially resumed operations after more than a decade of closure. The announcement came from Mahmud Elforjani, ...