A war is also made - and perhaps especially - of waiting.

The war against Isis in Sirte, Libyan coastal city self-proclaimed capital of the Maghreb province of the Islamic State, lasted seven months in which the long wait and the down time have been protagonists.
The military offensive has been very slow and hard-fought street by street.
Libyan soldiers were almost all very young, with no experience of fighting and no training.
Their time became a time of observation laughing and drinking tea, in the face of enemy snipers.