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Libya forces free 13 foreigners from Daesh

By AFP
October 22, 2016

TRIPOLI: Forces loyal to Libya´s unity government on Saturday freed 13 foreigners held by the Daesh in its former coastal bastion of Sirte, the forces said.

Loyalists freed a Turkish and an Egyptian detainee as well as 11 Eritrean women "thought to have been held hostage by Daesh," they said in a statement, using an Arabic acronym for Islamic State group.

Pro-government forces are fighting the last militants holed up in Sirte after launching an offensive to retake the city in May.