location: Sirte
notes: On June 21st, at least 36 soldiers from the Bunyan Masrous (Solid Structure) operations room were killed in massive clashes with Islamic State (IS) forces near the centre of Sirte. The fighting followed a fresh offensive by the operations room to seize the centre of the town. The number of IS casualties is unknown although the operations room spoke of dozens dead. Misrata-led forces managed to control new locations including Sirte Radio, Electricity Company, Baher neighborhood and many parts of 700 neighborhood. The GNA also carried out 2 plane-born airstrikes against IS targets.
target_text: location: Sirte, fatalities: 48