| 5,996,095 |
32.868844 |
13.211199 |
Libya |
|
By 15 June, protests over the ongoing power outages, shortage of liquidity in Libyan banks, and the deterioration of living conditions had extended to Gargaresh, Siyahiya, Ghut Shaal, Ras Hassan, and Fornaj. |
| 5,996,100 |
31.20892 |
16.58866 |
Libya |
|
Fighters of the Islamic State group intensified their counter-attacks on 15 June in Sirte. The pro-GNA forces also said that IS carried out a suicide bombing in southern Sirte, leaving two wounded. IS said on Twitter that it had repelled an attempted GNA incursion in the same sector, killing at least seven pro-government fighters and seizing four armoured vehicles. |
| 5,996,103 |
32.8925 |
13.18 |
Libya |
|
By 15 June, protests over the ongoing power outages, shortage of liquidity in Libyan banks, and the deterioration of living conditions had extended to Gargaresh, Siyahiya, Ghut Shaal, Ras Hassan, and Fornaj. |
| 5,996,108 |
31.45162 |
15.24744 |
Libya |
|
On 16 June, 10 pro-unity government fighters were killed and seven injured when an Islamic State suicide bomber struck a police station in Abu Grain. |
| 5,996,112 |
32.11766 |
20.12928 |
Libya |
|
Helicopter strikes were reported on 16 June on militant positions in Suq Al-Hout and, in a related development. An LNA source claimed that an air raid had injured a top militant leader whom it named as Ahmed Hassan Almsheti. |
| 5,996,116 |
32.02904 |
20.01616 |
Libya |
|
Three soldiers were killed when a shell exploded at the customs storage depot in Bengahzis Ganfuda district on 16 June. All were members of 309 Brigade, from Tobruk. The military inflicted heavy losses on the remaining militants. |
| 5,996,121 |
31.20892 |
16.58866 |
Libya |
|
Operations Bunyan Marsous reported that its forces had managed to destroy two IS suicide car bombs in Sirte. The government forces also announced that the IS launched two car bomb attacks on 16 June, but the two bombs exploded before hitting the troops. |
| 5,996,126 |
31.20892 |
16.58866 |
Libya |
|
On 17 June, two soldiers with the Bunyan Marsous operations room were wounded in an Islamic State suicide bombing in the Sirte area. |
| 5,996,132 |
30.75545 |
20.22626 |
Libya |
|
In the evening of 18 June, LNA sources reported that they have recovered the Ajdabiya industrial zone and continue toclashwith the militants in their other positions. Several air strikes targeted the Al-Qaeda-linked groups near the city of Ajdabiya, 150 km south of Benghazi. Militants were reportedly led by Ziyad Balaam, Ismail al-Salabi and other Al-Qaeda-linked figures. |
| 5,996,136 |
30.75545 |
20.22626 |
Libya |
|
On 18 June, a group calling itself the Ajdabiya Liberation Room announced taking control of several areas south of Ajdabiya according to pro-Islamist Al-Nabaa TV's website. Fighters, supported by the Benghazi Defence Brigades, took control of the industrial zone, the Ajdabiya-Galo road, as well as several other areas in their bid to seize the city. |
