Libyan allied forces with support of the UN-backed government continue to advance on Islamic State militant held positions in Sirte.
The forces advance over two streets in Sirte’s third neighbourhood follows similar progress on Saturday when two other streets were taken over.
According to military sources, the residential neighbourhoods are being used by the Islamic State militants as their hideouts.
The Islamic State militants controls continues to narrow down with five month long campaigns by pro-government forces backed by U.S. air raids continues to gain momentum building by building.
Libyan forces since Thursday led by brigades from Misrata have pressed further into Sirte’s third neighbourhood as an intensified aerial bombardment and a barrage of tank fire slowly dislodged militant sniper positions.
Islamic State Militants were clinging to an area called Manara, a sub-district that if ceded, Misrata commanders said, would leave them exposed to defeat.
