Libyan forces are tightening the net around the Islamic State's stronghold in the city of Sirte, according to the AP. Troops aligned with the internationally-recognized Libyan government based in Tripoli tell the newswire that they're now just three miles from the city's center. Sirte is the only city the jihadist group controls in Libya and its sole urban center outside its self-styled caliphate in Iraq and Syria. Armed groups flourished in the chaos following the ouster of Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi and a number of Islamic State officials have traveled from Syria to the country in recent months in an attempt to strengthen its beachhead there.
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