After two months of advances, pro-government forces took control of ISIL's Sirte headquarters on 10 August 2016, although pockets of ISIL resistance continued to prolong fighting through the end of the year. Sirte was substantially under the control of the GNA by 6 December 2016.

Who controls Tripoli in Libya?

The Government of National Accord regained control over all of Tripoli in June of 2020 and the LNA forces withdrew from the capital, after fourteen months of fighting.

Who is Khalifa Haftar in Libya?

Haftar was the effective head of the de facto "Tobruk" system of government of much of the east and some of the south and west parts of Libya during the Second Libyan Civil War. The 2019 Libyan local elections were prevented from taking place on 27 April 2019, during his leadership, in Sabratha and Sorman.