location: Sirte
notes: Three Bunyan Marsous (Operation Solid Structure) fighters died on 18 September as forces resumed their final push to destroy Islamic State militants in Sirte. The forces loyal to the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA) also killed two suicide bombers before they could detonate two vehicles. Pro-GNA fighters said they seized several buildings, including a school transformed by IS into a car-bomb assembly centre.
target_text: location: Sirte, fatalities: 5