Ten soldiers were killed when the Islamic State and the Libyan Army fought by the town of Nofaliya, near the jihadst-held oil hub of Sirte. Brigade 166, a coalition of “both moderate and extremist Islamists” from Misurata, has launched a campaign to drive the Islamic State from Sirte. The jihadist group captured 20 foreign medical workers in Sirte, then released them on the condition that they treat wounded Islamic State fighters. Army chief Khalifa Haftar pledged to retake Benghazi from Islamist forces within a month.
