"GNA head Fayez al-Sarraj called Friday on "all military forces to unite in the face of our common enemy... and to join the victorious forces".But Ahmed al-Mesmari, a spokesman for forces loyal to a rival government based in the country's far east, described the GNA forces as "illegitimate militias, loyal to an illegitimate government". "The battle wasn't as difficult as we thought it would be," a government official said. "Once you have a credible force on the ground that moves against them (IS), there is a chance that they could crack pretty quickly. "We're encouraged by the progress they're making," said US special envoy Brett McGurk. "Maybe we exaggerated their (IS's) numbers?

Source: Times of India June 11, 2016 12:45 UTC