Libyan Army

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  2 Libyan Soldiers Killed, 5 Wounded As Army Clash With ISIS Fighters

  Libyan forces killed three suspected ISIS fighters near an oilfield in the southeast of the country, a local official said on Saturday.

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  Libyan Forces Claim Gains In Fierce Fighting Against ISIS In Sirte

  Libyan forces said today they had edged further into the centre of Sirte as they seek to recapture the city from ISIS, following heavy battles until late the previous evening that left dozens dead.

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  French Advisers Helping Libyan Forces In Benghazi: Libyan Commander

  French military advisers have been helping coordinate Libyan forces fighting Islamic State insurgents in the eastern city of Benghazi, a senior Libyan military commander said on Thursday.

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  Tripoli Forces Hit Islamic State in Libya With Air Strikes

  Libya's self-declared government in control of the capital Tripoli has launched air strikes on Islamic State fighters in the city of Sirte, officials and witnesses said earlier on friday.

• Libyan Army Needs a Gaddafi General to Beat Islamists in Benghazi

  Libyan tanks rumble past houses riddled with bullet holes in the eastern city of Benghazi and residents turn out to greet soldiers as they celebrate a rare victory over Islamist insurgents.

• Rogue Libya General Escapes Suicide Attack at Base

  A rogue Libyan general, who has led repeated deadly assaults on jihadists in second city Benghazi, escaped a suicide attack on Wednesday, one of his commanders told AFP.

• Six Libyan soldiers killed in ambush: Army

  Unknown gunmen launched a dawn attack Tuesday on a Libyan army checkpoint south of Sirte, the home town of former dictator Moamer Kadhafi, killing six soldiers, a military officer said.

• Five army generals among latest Libyan defectors

  Five Libyan army generals who defected from Moammar Gaddafi's regime are appealing to fellow officers to join them in backing the rebels.Italian foreign ministry officials presented the generals, two colonels and a major, at a news conference in Rome on Monday.Gen. Melud Massoud Halasa said Gaddafi's forces are only 20 per cent as efficient as they...

• Libya: Govt troops may pull out of Misrata

  Libyan Deputy Foreign Minister, Khaled Kaim, told journalists in the capital Tripoli on Friday that the Libyan army was being withdrawn from fighting in the town of Misrata, with the task of subduing rebels in the area being handed over to local "tribes".He said the army tactic had been to use "a surgical solution" but that had not worked because o...