Battle of Sirte (2015)

Battle of Sirte (2015)
	Part of the Second Libyan Civil War
	; Mathābah al-Madīnah, Assembly building, in Sirte (2007)
Date	14 March – 31 May 2015; (2 months, 2 weeks and 3 days)
Location	Sirte, Libya
Result	Major ISIL victory
Belligerents
Libya Shield Force	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant; Wilayat Tarabulus;
Commanders and leaders
General Mohammad al-Ajtal (Army Commander) Suliman Ali Mousa	Abu Nabil al-Anbari (ISIL commander of North Africa); Ali Al-Qarqaa (ISIL Emir of Nofaliya)
Strength
Unknown	2,000 fighters
Casualties and losses
10 killed	41 killed

The Battle of Sirte refers to the battle in the spring of 2015, in the region of Sirte, Libya, between the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and the Libya Shield Force. ISIL forces had been present in the city since February 2015,^[8] before the Fall of Nofaliya. After Nofaliya fell to ISIL forces, the Tripoli-based government had decided to send reinforcements to recapture Sirte.^[9]

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^ "Combats entre l'EI et Fajr Libya à Syrte". L'Orient-Le Jour. 16 March 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
^ "On the Frontline of Libya's Fight Against the Islamic State". Vice. 14 April 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
^ Lauren Stauffer (8 July 2015). "Overcoming A Lack of Central Authority Must Be Libya's First Step in the Fight Against ISIL". Human Security Centre. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
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^ "Islamic State fighting in Libya's Sirte claims at least 19 lives". mcclatchydc. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
^ RFI (13 February 2015). "Libye: le groupe EI prend le contrôle d'une radio locale à Syrte". RFI. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
^ "L'Expression - Le Quotidien - Combats entre jihadistes de l'EI et miliciens à Syrte". Archived from the original on 12 July 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.

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[2] "Combats entre l'EI et Fajr Libya à Syrte". L'Orient-Le Jour. 16 March 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.

[3] "On the Frontline of Libya's Fight Against the Islamic State". Vice. 14 April 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2015.

[ISIL_rises_in_Libya-4] Lauren Stauffer (8 July 2015). "Overcoming A Lack of Central Authority Must Be Libya's First Step in the Fight Against ISIL". Human Security Centre. Retrieved 16 August 2015.

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[7] "Islamic State fighting in Libya's Sirte claims at least 19 lives". mcclatchydc. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.

[8] RFI (13 February 2015). "Libye: le groupe EI prend le contrôle d'une radio locale à Syrte". RFI. Retrieved 22 March 2015.

[9] "L'Expression - Le Quotidien - Combats entre jihadistes de l'EI et miliciens à Syrte". Archived from the original on 12 July 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.

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