Report from Sirte (Libya): the war against Daesh (Swiss Press Audio 2017, by Maurine Mercier) - Swiss Press Award

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Maurine Mercier

Reporting from the front lines in Sirte, Libya, with fighters trying to retake the city transformed into a caliphate by the Islamic State terrorist group. The young fighters facing the terrorists are often barely 20 years old. Students who had no choice but to take up arms. The war in Sirte has turned into a veritable carnage.