Libya: Forces Taking Last Few Buildings from Daesh in Sirte
Local Editor
Libyan forces said Tuesday they were securing the last few buildings where Daesh [ISIS/ISIL] militants had been making a final stand in their former North African stronghold of Sirte.
Officials said that women and children were in two of the buildings in the city's Ghiza Bahriya district and that a small number of militants were still in the area.
Libyan forces said on Monday they had gained control over the district on Monday after most of the militants still in the area were killed or captured.
Daesh has been holding out for weeks in the district, close to Sirte's Mediterranean Sea front, at the end of a grueling battle for Sirte that began in May.
Dozens of women and children, some of them migrants from sub-Saharan Africa held captive by Daesh, escaped or had been released over recent days, allowing Libyan forces to move forward.
Ibrahim Irfaida, a top field commander, said late on Monday there were up to 10 houses in Ghiza Bahriya that had yet to be secured and five more that had been destroyed by airstrikes but had been not yet checked.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
