location: Sirte
notes: Ten Islamic State fighters and nine pro-government fighters died in clashes on 22 September around the last positions of the Islamic State group in the Libyan coastal city of Sirte. Three car bombs driven by IS fighters were destroyed before reaching their targets. The United States' Africa Command (Africom) reported that it carried out a further 8 new airstrikes against ISIS in Sirte.
target_text: location: Sirte, fatalities: 19