title: tens of thousands march for against venezuela government
text: fighters loyal to libyas unbacked government guard a lookout point in the city of sirte east of tripoli as they try to clear the last remaining daesh terrorists from the aljiza albahriya neighborhood october   photo by afp 
  libyan forces have launched a fresh offensive against daesh positions in the mediterranean port city of sirte 
  on thursday fighters from the nearby city of misrata allied with forces of the unbacked unity government in tripoli were pushing their way through the last pockets of resistance in the citys ghiza bahriya district 
  they were supported by tanks and armored vehicles during the renewed offensive 
  bonyan marsous forces and the libyan army forces are advancing onto ghiza bahriya to free it  the bonyan forces have been advancing in ghiza bahriya and thank god there have been no causalities so far there are only some wounded said hussien edra a member of the bonyan marsous brigade 
  in may the internationallybacked progovernment troops started a largescale military operation including streetbystreet fighting backed by heavy airstrikes and artillery fire to eradicate daesh militants in sirte they have so far recaptured most areas in the city 
  most of daesh commanders in the city fled to other places and the remaining rank has been holding out via sniper fire booby traps and car bombs 
  sirte is the only key base of the takfiri militant group outside iraq and syria members of the forces loyal to libyas unbacked government gather in the coastal city of sirte east of the capital tripoli during their military operation against daesh on october  photo by afp 
  the city fell into the hands of daesh takfiri militants more than a year ago after the group extended their reach into north africa by taking advantage of the chaos gripping libya 
  the north african country has witnessed unrest since  when a nato military intervention followed the uprising that led to the ouster and killing of longtime dictator muammar gaddafi 
  liberating the key city would deal a major blow to the militant group in its drive to expand its influence to territories beyond the middle east loading