Battle of Sirte (2015)
| Battle of Sirte (2015) | |||||||
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| Part of the Second Libyan Civil War | |||||||
 Mathābah al-Madīnah, Assembly building, in Sirte (2007) |
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Libya Shield Force
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Suliman Ali Mousa |
 Ali Al-Qarqaa (ISIL Emir of Nofaliya)
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| Strength | |||||||
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2,000 fighters |
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| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 10 killed | 41 killed | ||||||
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
General Mohammad al-Ajtal (Army Commander)
Abu Nabil al-Anbari (ISIL commander of North Africa)
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, before the Fall of Nofaliya. After Nofaliya fell to ISIL forces, the Tripoli-based government had decided to send reinforcements to recapture Sirte.
The fighting began 14 March 2015, between forces of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant and the forces of the Libya Shield Force, no death toll was initially given, but the fighting was described as violent and stopped at dusk. Among those killed was Ahmed al-Rouissi, a Tunisian ISIL commander.
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