Car bomb, clashes with IS kill 32 Libya unity govt forces: military
Source: AFP
Tripoli (AFP) - Thirty-two fighters loyal to Libya's unity government were killed in clashes with Islamic State group jihadists and a car bombing Wednesday near the IS stronghold of Sirte, the military said.
"The toll of today's martyrs reached 32, and 50 others were wounded," the operations room set up by the new Government of National Unity (GNA) said on its Facebook page and Twitter account late Wednesday, updating an earlier toll of 18 dead.
Of the earlier toll, seven died in a car bomb attack in Buairat el-Hassun, 60 kilometres (35 miles) west of Sirte and the others were killed in an IS foray in Abu Grein, further west, that the GNA recaptured on Tuesday. The GNA on Tuesday called for warplanes to bomb IS after world powers showed readiness to arm it.
On Monday, the United States, Italy and Libya's allies and neighbours agreed in Vienna to arm the GNA to confront the threat from IS.
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