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Libya Court Sentences 23 People To Death For Islamic State Campaign
A Libyan court sentenced 23 people to death and another 14 to life in prison on Monday for their role in a deadly Islamic State militant campaign that included beheading a group of Egyptian Christians and seizing the city of Sirte in 2015.
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Hundreds Of ISIS Corpses In Freezers, No Country Wants To Receive Them
Seven months after Libyan forces defeated ISIS in the coastal city of Sirte, hundreds of bodies of foreign terrorists still lie stored in freezers as authorities negotiate with other governments to decide what to do with them, local officials say.
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U.S. Stealth Bombers Strike Islamic State Fighters In Libya
Two Air Force B-2 stealth bombers struck Islamic State camps southwest of the Libyan city of Sirte on Wednesday night, less than a month after the Pentagon declared an end to an extended air campaign there.
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US Marines In New Helicopter Strikes In Libya
US Marines are using Super Cobra attack helicopters to mount close-range airstrikes against ISIS terrorists in the Libyan city of Sirte, the US navy said Thursday.
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Bunkers And Booby-Traps As ISIS Makes A Stand In Libya
Sheltering in tunnels, improvised bunkers and rooms fortified by sand-filled fridges, ISIS is holding out in the Libyan city of Sirte, defending itself with snipers, booby-traps and car bombs against pro-government forces.
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US Says Libya Close To Eliminating ISIS From Sirte
US-backed Libyan forces are close to vanquishing ISIS from its last holdouts in the city of Sirte, US Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Wednesday.
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High Toll As Libyan Fighters Close In On ISIS In Sirte
At least 34 Libyan fighters were killed and more than 180 wounded on Sunday as they closed in on the last ISIS terrorist holdouts in the coastal city of Sirte, according to a field hospital.
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Libya's Terrorists Challenge To Last Beyond Sirte Defeat
The grand ambitions scrawled on a wall near the Libyan city of Sirte's Mediterranean sea front look fanciful now: "ISIS's naval port, the departure point for Rome, with God's permission."
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Anti-ISIS Forces Back On Offensive In Libya's Sirte
Libyan pro-government forces went back on the offensive today against last pockets of resistance by fighters of the ISIS jihadist group in the coastal city of Sirte.
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Libyan Forces Claim Gains In Fierce Fighting Against ISIS In Sirte
Libyan forces said today they had edged further into the centre of Sirte as they seek to recapture the city from ISIS, following heavy battles until late the previous evening that left dozens dead.
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Islamic State Executes 4 People in Central Libyan City: Residents
Islamic State has executed four people in the central Libyan city of Sirte, including at least one member of a rival group whose body was put on display, according to residents and a video published on social media on Monday.
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Libya Urges Arab States to Strike Islamic State in Sirte
Libya's internationally recognised government has asked fellow Arab states to conduct air strikes against Islamic State in the coastal city of Sirte, a cabinet statement said on Saturday.
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Tripoli Forces Hit Islamic State in Libya With Air Strikes
Libya's self-declared government in control of the capital Tripoli has launched air strikes on Islamic State fighters in the city of Sirte, officials and witnesses said earlier on friday.
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Islamic State Seizes Control of Airport in Libya's Sirte, Says Tripoli Government
The Islamic State jihadist group has seized control of the airport in the city of Sirte after forces of a Tripoli-based Libyan government withdrew, a spokesman said today.
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Libyan Government Warplanes Attack Oil Tanker Docked at Sirte
Warplanes from Libya's official government attacked an oil tanker docked outside the city of Sirte on Sunday, wounding three people and setting the ship on fire, officials said.
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Libya Court Sentences 23 People To Death For Islamic State Campaign
A Libyan court sentenced 23 people to death and another 14 to life in prison on Monday for their role in a deadly Islamic State militant campaign that included beheading a group of Egyptian Christians and seizing the city of Sirte in 2015.
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Hundreds Of ISIS Corpses In Freezers, No Country Wants To Receive Them
Seven months after Libyan forces defeated ISIS in the coastal city of Sirte, hundreds of bodies of foreign terrorists still lie stored in freezers as authorities negotiate with other governments to decide what to do with them, local officials say.
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U.S. Stealth Bombers Strike Islamic State Fighters In Libya
Two Air Force B-2 stealth bombers struck Islamic State camps southwest of the Libyan city of Sirte on Wednesday night, less than a month after the Pentagon declared an end to an extended air campaign there.
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US Marines In New Helicopter Strikes In Libya
US Marines are using Super Cobra attack helicopters to mount close-range airstrikes against ISIS terrorists in the Libyan city of Sirte, the US navy said Thursday.
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Bunkers And Booby-Traps As ISIS Makes A Stand In Libya
Sheltering in tunnels, improvised bunkers and rooms fortified by sand-filled fridges, ISIS is holding out in the Libyan city of Sirte, defending itself with snipers, booby-traps and car bombs against pro-government forces.
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US Says Libya Close To Eliminating ISIS From Sirte
US-backed Libyan forces are close to vanquishing ISIS from its last holdouts in the city of Sirte, US Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Wednesday.
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High Toll As Libyan Fighters Close In On ISIS In Sirte
At least 34 Libyan fighters were killed and more than 180 wounded on Sunday as they closed in on the last ISIS terrorist holdouts in the coastal city of Sirte, according to a field hospital.
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Libya's Terrorists Challenge To Last Beyond Sirte Defeat
The grand ambitions scrawled on a wall near the Libyan city of Sirte's Mediterranean sea front look fanciful now: "ISIS's naval port, the departure point for Rome, with God's permission."
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Anti-ISIS Forces Back On Offensive In Libya's Sirte
Libyan pro-government forces went back on the offensive today against last pockets of resistance by fighters of the ISIS jihadist group in the coastal city of Sirte.
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Libyan Forces Claim Gains In Fierce Fighting Against ISIS In Sirte
Libyan forces said today they had edged further into the centre of Sirte as they seek to recapture the city from ISIS, following heavy battles until late the previous evening that left dozens dead.
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Islamic State Executes 4 People in Central Libyan City: Residents
Islamic State has executed four people in the central Libyan city of Sirte, including at least one member of a rival group whose body was put on display, according to residents and a video published on social media on Monday.
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Libya Urges Arab States to Strike Islamic State in Sirte
Libya's internationally recognised government has asked fellow Arab states to conduct air strikes against Islamic State in the coastal city of Sirte, a cabinet statement said on Saturday.
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Tripoli Forces Hit Islamic State in Libya With Air Strikes
Libya's self-declared government in control of the capital Tripoli has launched air strikes on Islamic State fighters in the city of Sirte, officials and witnesses said earlier on friday.
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Islamic State Seizes Control of Airport in Libya's Sirte, Says Tripoli Government
The Islamic State jihadist group has seized control of the airport in the city of Sirte after forces of a Tripoli-based Libyan government withdrew, a spokesman said today.
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Libyan Government Warplanes Attack Oil Tanker Docked at Sirte
Warplanes from Libya's official government attacked an oil tanker docked outside the city of Sirte on Sunday, wounding three people and setting the ship on fire, officials said.
