| 5,994,126 |
32.11766 |
20.12928 |
Libya |
|
Benghazi Medical Centre (BMC) again came under mortar fire on 2 June, with shells landing in the car park near the morgue, destroying at least threecars but causing no human injuries. The shelling is believed to be deliberate. According to an LNA source, it happened as the body of Colonel Ali Murtaja Al-Tawerghi, killed in a mine explosion yesterday, was being taken from the morgue for burial. |
| 5,994,130 |
32.8925 |
13.18 |
Libya |
|
An armed faction called the Brigades for the Defence of Benghazi announced the launch of what it called a military operation to support the Benghazi Revolutionaries Shura Council coalition of Islamist-led militias in thebattleagainst "remnants of the former regime of Mu'ammar Gaddafi" and their loyalists. Members were said to have come from the Benghazi Revolutionaries Shoura Council but who had fled to Tripoli have formed a new militia based in the capital called Defend Benghazi. |
| 5,994,135 |
31.0635 |
16.595 |
Libya |
|
Attacks were reported on the IS-held Gardabya airbase to the south of Sirte. IS claimed that tank fire had destroyed three enemy vehicles. |
| 5,994,139 |
32.03333 |
20.06667 |
Libya |
|
On 3 June, Libya National Army MiGs bombed targets in Gwarsha and the Nowruz Beach Resort, beyond Garyounis, both still occupied by militants. |
| 5,994,143 |
32.0639 |
20.05199 |
Libya |
|
On 3 June, Libya National Army MiGs bombed targets in Gwarsha and the Nowruz Beach Resort, beyond Garyounis, both still occupied by militants. |
| 5,994,148 |
31.20892 |
16.58866 |
Libya |
|
A Misratan bomb disposal expert died on 3 June as he sought to defuse an IED left behind on the outskirts of Sirte by IS militants. Two members of his team were wounded in the blast and taken to Misrata Central hospital. |
| 5,994,153 |
31.0575 |
16.6625 |
Libya |
|
GNA forces announced the "liberation from the hands of Daesh" (an Arabic acronym for IS) of the town of Abu Hadi, 15 kilometres southeast of Sirte. |
| 5,994,158 |
31.0635 |
16.595 |
Libya |
|
Military forces loyal to the GNA said they had retaken Al-Gardabiya air base near the coastal city of Sirte. The pro-government forces announced that they were able to take the complex with the backing of five airraidsagainst Islamic State fighters and their equipment. Four soldiers were killed with 14 others injured. |
| 5,994,162 |
32.13581 |
20.07848 |
Libya |
|
Fighting continued in the Ganfudah and Sabri districts of Benghazi on 4 June. |
| 5,994,166 |
32.02904 |
20.01616 |
Libya |
|
Fighting continued in the Ganfudah and Sabri districts of Benghazi on 4 June. |
