STRIKING BACK AT ISLAMIC STATE A handout picture released by the media center of the Government of National Accord (GNA) on Monday shows Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj (R) arriving in Misrata to visit the headquarters of the military command operation to retake Sirte, an Islamic State bastion east of the capital. AFP PHOTO
STRIKING BACK AT ISLAMIC STATE A handout picture released by the media center of the Government of National Accord (GNA) on Monday shows Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj (R) arriving in Misrata to visit the headquarters of the military command operation to retake Sirte, an Islamic State bastion east of the capital. AFP PHOTO

TRIPOLI: Forces loyal to Libya’s unity government have advanced inside the jihadist stronghold of Sirte, they said on Tuesday, following the first US air strikes on Islamic State group positions in the city.

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