Fall of Bin Jawad (2016)

Fall of Bin Jawad (2016) refers to ISIL takeover of Libyan city of Bin Jawad on 4 January 2016 during its oil crescent region. On Monday morning, the terrorist group imposed full control over the city of Bin Jawad in the Sirte District, after a series of intense firefights with rebel forces that are loyal to the Libyan provisional government in Tripoli.