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Sirte (/ ˈsɜːrt /; Arabic: سِرْت, pronunciation ⓘ), also spelled Sirt, Surt, Sert or Syrte, is a city in Libya. It is located south of the Gulf of Sirte, almost right in the middle between Tripoli and Benghazi. It is famously known for its battles, ethnic groups and loyalty to former Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi.
Sep 18, 2011 · The Libyan port city of Sirte is Col Muammar Gaddafi's birthplace and one of the last holdouts of pro-Gaddafi loyalists. It lies half-way along Libya's long coastal road between the...
Nov 8, 2021 · Displaced for years by war, the Mokhtar family is set on reoccupying their home in Libya's ruined city of Sirte but bitter that they are repairing the shell-cratered apartment with almost no...
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- Islam Alatrash
Jun 26, 2022 · SIRTE, Libya, June 26 (Reuters) - The people living in the ruins of Sirte's 600 Block district have waited years for help removing rubble and rebuilding homes damaged by warfare, but despite...
Aug 21, 2018 · Successive faltering Libyan governments saw Sirte as a Gaddafi stronghold, and neglected to intervene as security deteriorated after 2011. Even before IS declared full control of Sirte in early 2015, residents had limited access to aid because of the extremist elements the city attracted.
- Tom Westcott
Dec 20, 2011 · The BBC's Jon Donnison finds Libyans in the wartorn cities of Sirte and Misrata have contrasting views on the future.
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Jan 8, 2018 · SIRTE, Libya. At one end of Al Nahda Street, three families with small children live in a shell-pocked townhouse with an unexploded bomb embedded in its roof. At the other end, an old man has...
