location: Sirte
notes: Bunyan Marsous forces captured the IS police headquarters in Sirte and took over 200 apartments as the militants were squeezed into a still smaller part of the town on 21 August. Two suicide car bomb attacks were shot up before they could reach military lines. 10 troops were killed in the fighting. The meteorological office, the local LTT premises, an education centre and the Red Crescent HQ were also seized by government forces. 2-4 US air strikes were reported against Islamic State sniper and fighters positions. There were also attacks by warplanes from Misrata as well as coordinated artillery fire.
target_text: location: Sirte, fatalities: 12