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ISIS: Libyan forces taking back stronghold - CNN.com
Momentum towards taking ground back from ISIL has recently increased.
And again Europe for the most part will not step up to the plate.
Germany, France hold back NATO, EU ambitions in Libya | Reuters
Most UK forces in Libya 'would be there for protection'
British special forces destroyed Islamic State trucks in Libya, say local troops
British special forces fighting in Libya 'ambushed by ISIS suicide bombers' | Daily Mail Online
(CNN)Libyan forces have retaken parts of Sirte from ISIS militants, gaining ground in the extremist group's most significant stronghold outside Syria and Iraq, a monitor said Saturday.
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In the ongoing offensive, forces supporting the U.N.-brokered government gained control of a port late Friday after fierce clashes with ISIS militants and are in complete control of the al-Sarawa area east of Sirte, according to Al-Bunyan al-Marsous, a Libya monitor.
Momentum towards taking ground back from ISIL has recently increased.
And again Europe for the most part will not step up to the plate.
Germany, France hold back NATO, EU ambitions in Libya | Reuters
Europe's bold intentions to support Libya's new U.N.-backed government are faltering as France and Germany resist a bigger role to rebuild the failed state, scarred by the West's 2011 air campaign to help topple dictator Muammar Gaddafi.
The European Union and NATO have said they stand ready to help the unity government in Tripoli, if requested, to combat smugglers sending migrants into the Mediterranean toward Europe. Tripoli, for its part, faces a threat from Islamic State fighters who exploited past conflict between rival governments to extend their power.
Most UK forces in Libya 'would be there for protection'
British special forces destroyed Islamic State trucks in Libya, say local troops
Evidence has emerged that British special forces have engaged in frontline combat against violent jihadists in Libya for the first time, destroying an Islamic State vehicle packed with explosives.
It follows reports earlier this year that elite commandos – including the SAS - were in Libya advising local forces in the fight against Isil.
Mohammed Durat, a commander of troops in Misrata, told The Times: “My unit works just with English. I have met with them personally and they have destroyed two suicide vehicles that were targeting my
British special forces fighting in Libya 'ambushed by ISIS suicide bombers' | Daily Mail Online
British Special Forces have been ambushed by Islamic State suicide bombers in Libya, according to a well-informed Israeli website.
The attack is said to have happened last Wednesday and reportedly ‘killed or wounded’ Italian troops travelling in a convoy with the Special Boat Service (SBS) personnel, who apparently escaped uninjured.
‘Vehicles packed with explosives drew up alongside the convoy transporting the Italian and British troops and blew themselves up,’ said the Debka news website.