location: Sirte
notes: Libyan pro-government forces said they seized control of District Two in Sirte on 16 August as they tried to flush out the last Islamic State group fighters in the coastal city. Two IS suicide car bomb attacks were reported in the clashes. Clashes were also reported in the other downtown area, District Three. Five Bunyan Marsous fighters were reported killed and at least 25 injured during the advance into remaining positions in Sirte. US AFRICOM carried out 9 plane-born airstrikes on Sirte, targeting a number of IS positions and VBIEDs and bringing the total number of airstrikes in support of Operation Odyssey Lightning to 57.
target_text: location: Sirte, fatalities: 7