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Sirte: between Libyan government forces and the Islamic State

Islamic State InfoGraph: 07 December 2016 taken from  Rumiyah #4 - (PDF) Islamic State's Al Hayat Media Center releases Rumiyah #4 (English, French, German, Russian, Indonesian and Turkish) - 07 December 2016IntroductionIslamic State's, which established control of the environs of Sirte before the actual taking of Sirte, including the February 2015 takeover of Nawfaliya. Almost the entire Ansar al-Sharia Libya branch expressed support to the Islamic State.Unlike Derna, Sirte does not have a multitude of factions rivaling IS's presence in the city. Ex-ASL members, ex-Gaddafi loyalists defected to IS and the group crafted bonds and alliances with local tribes. Influence shifting from ASL to IS means that the latter does not have to begin to build influence or work to implement its rules in the region. Without ASL establishing a ground network for Islamic State in Sirte,  IS would not have its Libyan stronghold. IS announced its presence in Wilayat…

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