TRIPOLI, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- Libyan government forces fighting the Islamic States (IS) in Sirte announced on Wednesday that they have taken over the city's Ouagadougou convention center, central hospital and university.
"Ouagadougou Congress Hall and Ibn Sina hospital are now under our control," the media office of the government forces tweeted, saying the IS is completely breaking down and "it is time of victory."
The military operation was launched in May by the forces allied with the UN-backed unity government to fight against the increasing dominance of the IS in Sirte, some 450 km east the capital Tripoli.
A military source said that a war plane of the government's forces has fallen on Wednesday morning while launching airstrikes on the IS sites.
"We have no contact with the fighter jet for over four hours after it launched the strike this morning. It has definitely fallen without refueling for such a long time, leaving the fate of the crew so far unknown," the source added.
