Battle of Sirte (2016)

Battle of Sirte (2016)
	Part of the Second Libyan Civil War, the American intervention in Libya and the Military intervention against ISIL
	; Map of the GNA's advances in Sirte from 16 June to 6 December 2016
Date	12 May – 6 December 2016; (6 months, 3 weeks and 3 days)
Location	Sirte District, Libya31.2072°N 16.5917°E
Result	GNA victory The GNA capture Abu Qurayn, Bin Jawad, Nofaliya, Harawa, Ghardabiya Air Base and Sirte power station, completely besieging the city; The GNA take control of Sirte in December 2016;
Belligerents
Government of National Accord Libyan Army Misrata Brigades; Misrata Military Council; Petroleum Facilities Guard; ; Libyan Navy; United States ; (since 1 Aug. 2016) U.S. Air Force; U.S. Navy; U.S. Marine Corps; United Kingdom United Kingdom Special Forces; Royal Air Force; Royal Navy; Italy Special Forces;	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Wilayat Tarabulus;
Commanders and leaders
Fayez al-Sarraj; (Head of Unity Government); Colonel Al-Mahdi Al-Barghathi; (GNA Minister of Defense); Rida Issa; (GNA navy commander); Ibrahim Baitulmal; (Head of Misrata military council); Ismail Shukri; (Head of military intelligence in Misrata); Abdul Adeem al-Maadani †; (Misrata Brigades senior commander); Mohammed Issa; (field commander)	Abu Hudhayfah al-Muhajir; (ISIL governor of Wilayat Tarabulus); Abu Habib Jazrawi †; (ISIL leader in Libya); Abu Omar al-Tunessi †; (ISIL commander of Sirte); Hamid Malouqa al-Zliteni †; (ISIL top commander); Hassan Kara †; (ISIL field commander); Yusuf Mulaytan †; (ISIL commander); Faiez Attiya †; (ISIL commander); Qusai al-Jaili †; (ISIL commander); Mirghani Badawi al-Bashir †; (ISIL commander and preacher); Hassan al-Karami †; (ISIL preacher)
Strength
6,000 fighters; (in August 2016)	2,000–2,500 fighters
Casualties and losses
740 killed and 4,000+ wounded (GNA claim); 5,000 killed or wounded (ISIL claim); 1 killed (non-combat)	2,500 killed and 87+ captured (GNA claim)
	37 civilians killed by air-strikes; 35,000 people displaced; (as of July 2016)

The Battle of Sirte during the Second Libyan Civil War started in the spring of 2016, in the Sirte District of Libya, between the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and the loyalist forces of the Government of National Accord (GNA) backed by the United States. ISIL forces had captured Sirte one year earlier, during the previous battle. The conflict for Sirte was described as ISIL's "last stand" in Libya.

The latter portion of this battle was concurrent with the Battle of Mosul against ISIL in Iraq, with the Raqqa campaign by the Syrian Democratic Forces on ISIL's de facto capital in Syria, and with the Battle of al-Bab in northern Syria.

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