The Battle For The Islamic State City of Sirte In Libya Is Intensifying

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Daily Mail: SAS corner hundreds of jihadi fighters in 'kill boxes' - but the desperate fanatics are using PREGNANT women as human shields

* Elite commandos have attacked IS fighters by land, sea and air in Libyan city of Sirte
* SAS and SBS retaking control of crucial oil port in terror group's last bastion in the country
* British forces - and US Navy Seals - deployed drones and high-tech infra-red cameras to locate hundreds of jihadis
* IS has run the city as an extremist caliphate for the past 18 months

British special forces have corralled hundreds of Islamic State jihadis in ‘kill boxes’ in the besieged Libyan city of Sirte, but the desperate fanatics are using pregnant women and girls as human shields to prevent them storming the town.

Elite commandos from the SAS and SBS – the Special Boat Service – secretly co-ordinated attacks by land, sea and air to overpower IS fighters, retaking control of a crucial oil port in the terror group’s last bastion in Libya.

The British forces, working jointly with US Navy Seals, deployed drones and high-tech infra-red cameras to locate hundreds of jihadis who have run the city as an extremist caliphate for the past 18 months.

Reports are only now starting to emerge of how, last Saturday, during a surprise assault, the special forces working with the Libyan army, air force and coastguard guided fighter bombers and helicopter gunships on a series of raids that destroyed target buildings where there were clusters of IS militants, driving them into the open.

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More News On The Battle For The Libyan City of Sirte

ISIS tries to break siege in Libya's Sirte -- News24/AFP
British jihadists travel to Libya to help Isis in its final stand as the terror group clings on to its last remaining stronghold -- Daily Mail
Hand-to-hand fighting looms in Isil's Libyan stronghold -- Independent.ie
Fighting Islamic State in Libya -- The Economist
Anti-ISIS Forces Make Inroads in Libya, but Any Victory Will Be a Hollow One -- Zvi Bar'el, Haaretz