Misurata-based Central Shield Brigade on the outskirts of Sirte ahead of Liberation campaign against ISIS

Central Shield (Derea Al-Wista) Brigade has set off to Sirte in a bid to free the city from the ISIS militants, a source from the brigade told Libyan News.
The source, who refused to be named, added that the Misurata-based force has now reached Abu Grein checkpoint that lies at the entrance of Sirte.
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