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Forces loyal to Libya's UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) hold a position near the central area known as District One on August 21, 2016 as they fight against the Islamic State group (IS) jihadists holed up in the coastal city of Sirte, east of the capital Tripoli.
Air force units of Libya's unity government launched an operation on August 20, 2016 to cut off potential escape routes for jihadists in Sirte, loyalist forces said. Pro-GNA forces, backed since early August by US air strikes, began an assault in mid-May to expel the Islamic State (IS) group from its Sirte stronghold. (Photo by Mahmud Turkia/AFP Photo)
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