Tripoli – The Libyan Government of National Unity (GNA) said they captured the Islamic State (IS) group’s headquarters in their main Libyan stronghold of Sirte on Wednesday, scoring a major victory in a push to oust the jihadists from the city.
IS fighters remained in several parts of the city but seizing control of their headquarters has been the key goal of the GNA.
Sirte fall to IS in June last year.
“The Ouagadougou center is in our hands,” the operations center for pro-GNA forces said, referring to the Sirte conference center where IS had set up base.
The GNA also said that they had seized the University of Sirte campus (south of the conference center) and the Ibn Sina Hospital from IS.
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