Libyan forces edge forward against Islamic State holdouts in Sirte

Libyan forces resumed their advance on Thursday against Islamic State militants holding out in a few streets in their former stronghold of Sirte, saying they had captured 25 houses and a stash of arms. Backed by U.S. air strikes, the Libyan brigades have reduced the area held by the jihadists to a small patch of land near Sirte's Mediterranean seafront after a campaign of more than six months. "The instructions are not to rush in, in order to limit the damage." Several groups of civilians have e