Residents in Libya's Sirte face 'collapsed' health system, food shortages: charity

[WorldNews]

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By Umberto Bacchi LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The health system in the Libyan city of Sirte has collapsed and thousands of residents are facing shortages of food and medicine as pro-government forces battle to seize control of the coastal city from Islamic State, a medical charity said on Tuesday. Over the past two days, forces led by brigades from Misrata have pressed further into Sirte's neighborhood Number Three, advancing building by building as they try to finish a five-month-old campaign. Islamic State now controls a residential strip of less than 1 km long in their former stronghold.

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