Battle of Sirte (2015)

Battle of Sirte (2015)
	Part of the Second Libyan Civil War
	; Mathābah al-Madīnah, Assembly building, in Sirte (2007)
Date	14 March – 31 May 2015; (2 months, 2 weeks and 3 days)
Location	Sirte, Libya
Result	Major ISIL victory
Belligerents
Libya Shield Force	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant; Wilayat Tarabulus;
Commanders and leaders
General Mohammad al-Ajtal (Army Commander) Suliman Ali Mousa	Abu Nabil al-Anbari (ISIL commander of North Africa); Ali Al-Qarqaa (ISIL Emir of Nofaliya)
Strength
Unknown	2,000 fighters
Casualties and losses
10 killed	41 killed

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.

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