Sirte in a sentence

The civil war in Libya was gaining momentum, but on 20 October 2011, rebels seized the city of Sirte where Muammar Gaddafi stayed.

But the fighting in Sirte has ground into a stalemate, and international actors have since Libya’s rival factions to enter into negotiations.

Front lines have settled for weeks round the LNA-held city of Sirte, in the centre of Libya’s coastline, and Jufra to the south.

In a joint meeting with Sarraj, they discussed "the latest developments in Libya and the military mobilisation east of Sirte and in the Al-Jufra region", according to the GNA media office.

In this Sept. 21, 2016 file photo, a sniper from Misrata fires towards Islamic State militant positions in Sirte, Libya.

Italy, Germany and the United States are pushing for a ceasefire and deescalation of tensions in Libya following a warning by Egypt that it would intervene militarily if Turkish-backed forces attack the strategic city of Sirte.

Mr Haftar could be using the peace talks to consolidate gains and buy time to rearm after his recent taking of the central Libyan city of Sirte.

Since April last year, the Tripoli-based, UN-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) has been under attack from forces loyal to eastern-based strongman Khalifa Haftar, which days ago advanced to take the strategic coastal city of Sirte.

Since then, frontlines have stabilised near the central coastal city of Sirte and the LNA has ended its eight-month blockade of Libyan oil output, which was strangling state finances on both sides.

Since then, front lines have stabilized west of the central coastal city of Sirte and eastern forces ended an eight-month blockade of Libyan oil output and exports that was strangling state finances on both sides.

The visit comes as the GNA and the Libyan National Army (LNA), under the command of strongman Khalifa Haftar, have taken positions around the strategic town of Sirte and Jufra, creating a stalemate.

Your Excellencies, it is now more than 15 years since the adoption of the Ezulwini Consensus, reaffirmed in the Sirte Declaration.

The most powerful are the brigades from Misrata, the Libyan port city which bore the brunt of the 2011 war against former dictator Muammar Gaddafi and the 2016 war to dislodge Isis from the city of Sirte.

According to diplomatic sources, the former Secretariat for Economy and Trade was moved to Benghazi ; the Secretariat for Health to Kufra ; and the remainder, excepting one, to Sirte, Muammar Gaddafi 's birthplace.

Most of this greater gulf forms the main coast of Libya including the city of Sirte which shares its root name.

She escorted several convoys to North Africa and participated in the Battle of Cape Spartivento in late 1940 and the First Battle of Sirte in late 1941.

The Great Manmade River of Libya supplies convert of water each day to Tripoli, Benghazi, Sirte, and several other cities in Libya.