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Forces loyal to Libya's Government of National Accord (GNA) recapture large chunks of the coastal city of Sirte that IS jihadists seized in June 2015 as a staging post for an expansion into North Africa.
But they are struggling to dislodge the last pockets of IS fighters, holed up in the fiercely-defended district of Al-Giza Al-Bahriya, in a costly battle that has left at least 667 dead and 3,000 wounded in GNA ranks.
