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Fall of Bin Jawad (2016)

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Fall of Bin Jawad (2016) refers to ISIL takeover of Libyan city of Bin Jawad on 4 January 2016 during its oil crescent region. On Monday morning, the terrorist group imposed full control over the city of Bin Jawad in the Sirte District, after a series of intense firefights with rebel forces that are loyal to the Libyan provisional government in Tripoli.

References

  1. Fadel, Leith (4 January 2016). "ISIS expands control over Libyan coast: Bin Jawad captured". Archived from the original on 5 March 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
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