"The UK’s actions in Libya were part of an ill-conceived intervention, the results of which are still playing out today...

 

 

  An estimated 2,726 men, women and children have died over the same period trying to make the journey to...

 

They have struggled to defend themselves against suicide bombings, sniper fire and landmines.

 

 

 

 

  More than 350 brigade fighters have been killed and at least 1,500 wounded since the campaign to recapture Sirte began...

  Losing Sirte would be a major setback for the militants, already under pressure in Syria and Iraq. 

 

  Discussion of a 5,000-strong Italian-led peace keeping mission has fizzled out, and foreign ground intervention has been limited...

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