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June 13, 2016       Share:    

Source: http://www.bigstory.ap.org/article/2df09303617e49e599a618cbe5a0065d/militants-retreat-libya-bastion-militias-advance

Islamic State Retreats from Libya Bastion

(AP) Rami Musa and Maggie Michael - Islamic State militants were retreating Thursday from their main bastion in Sirte, Libya, as militiamen allied to a UN-brokered government pushed into the city, officials said. Sirte was the only major IS-held city outside Syria and Iraq. According to parliamentarian Ziad Hadia, more than 2,000 IS fighters are thought to remain in the city, 85% of whom are foreigners.

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