Iraq and Syria are the most well-known fronts in the air war against ISIS-with the US having conducted more than 6,500 strikes in Iraq and nearly 4,800 in Syria as of Aug. 30-but the battlefield has expanded. On Aug. 1, the US began air strikes against ISIS targets in Libya. US aircraft launched 108 air strikes in Libya in that first month, according to US Africa Command data. And the strikes seem to have made a big impact: In early September, Libyan forces were poised to take back the city of Sirte from ISIS after roughly four months of fighting. Sirte was the terror group's stronghold in Libya.
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