Libya: Sirte Offensive Against ISIS May Spell End for Fragile Unity Government. Published Jul 11, 2016 at 3:00 AM EDT Updated Jul 16, 2016 at 3:15 AM EDT.

US-backed government militia in Libya are pushing forward in their battle to expel ISIS from the coastal Libyan city of Sirte despite ... US-backed government militia in Libya are pushing forward ...

Smoke billows at the entrance of Sirte as forces loyal to Libya's UN-backed unity government advance to recapture the city from the Islamic State (IS) group jihadists on June 10, 2016.

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 ...

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's U.N.-backed unity government called on Thursday on military factions to hold off from any campaign against the Islamic State-controlled city of Sirte until a unified ...

Human Rights Watch interviewed 45 Sirte residents for its report, which paints a vivid picture of how ISIS controls every aspect of life. ISIS has benefited from the chaos in Libya.

Libya: Battle for Sirte near 'stalemate' Close. Fierce clashes are taking place in the Libyan city of Sirte between troops loyal to Col Gaddafi and National Transitional Council troops.

Dozens of families are fleeing Colonel Gaddafi's hometown of Sirte, as fighters loyal to the country's interim council prepare to launch fresh assaults to finally capture the town.

SIRTE, Libya, June 26 (Reuters) - The people living in the ruins of Sirte's 600 Block district have waited years for help removing rubble and rebuilding homes damaged by warfare, ...

SIRTE, Libya - Bending over the mixing desk in a sparsely furnished studio lined with empty shelves, radio DJ and engineer Abdulsalam bin Sharada fiddles with a few buttons.

The High National Elections Commission (HNEC) has confirmed that the distribution of voter cards has been suspended in the ...

The Sirte basin in north-central Libya differs markedly from the neighboring Kufra, Murzuk, and Ghadames basins. The latter are broad, essentially unfaulted Paleozoic depressions that were sites ...