Operation Odyssey Lightning | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-06-06

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sirte_(2016)


00:00:48 1 The offensive
00:00:57 1.1 GNA advance on Sirte, initial gains, and stalemate
00:07:26 1.2 U.S. airstrikes, GNA breakthrough, and ISIL territory shrinks
00:09:36 1.3 "Macmadas"
00:13:12 1.4 New stalemate
00:16:22 1.5 ISIL pocket split
00:18:35 1.6 Attack on the last ISIL-held district
00:24:22 2 US Involvement
00:25:16 3 Aftermath
00:28:04 4 See also



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The Battle of Sirte (2016) refers to the battle that started in the spring of 2016, in the region of Sirte, Libya, between the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and the loyalist forces of the Government of National Accord (GNA) backed by United States of America. 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 (2016–17) in Iraq, the Battle of al-Bab in northern Syria, and the Raqqa campaign (2016–2017) by the Syrian Democratic Forces, on ISIL's de facto capital in Syria.