TRIPOLI: Forces loyal to Libya’s government on Saturday rescued 13 foreigners from the Islamic State (IS) militants grips, the forces said. “The loyalists freed a Turkish and an Egyptian detainee as well as 11 Eritrean women allegedly taken hostage by the IS,” they said in a statement. The pro-government forces have been fighting the last of the militants holed up in Sirte after launching an offensive to retake the city in May.