SIRTE, Libya: Forces loyal to Libya's Government of National Accord (GNA) said Saturday they have launched a new attack on diehards of ISIS in the coastal city of Sirte.
"We are attacking the last ISIS positions in district three," a GNA fighter told AFP. The GNA forces media center confirmed on Facebook that the attack had begun.
"Our forces are advancing inside the areas where Daesh is, in district three, and so far have taken control of" two banks and a hotel, the media center said.
One pro-government fighter had been killed, the Misrata hospital's Facebook page said.
An AFP journalist saw ambulances leaving Sirte -- hometown of dead dictator Moamer Gadhafi -- for Misrata to the west.
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