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SDF advance towards Manbij city centre
[RUDAW.NET] The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) made further advances against Islamic State...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... (ISIS) gunnies on Thursday, advancing to within just two kilometres from the city centre. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor reported that the fighters were engaging ISIS gunnies in heavy festivities in Manbij’s western districts, only two kilometres from the city centre. This marks the first time the SDF, a coalition of forces dominated by the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG), entered Manbij after capturing surrounding villages and farmland and laying siege to the city. Despite launching vicious counter-attacks against SDF positions, ISIS has been unable to break the siege and is steadily losing ground. The SDF launched their offensive against the strategically-important ISIS-held city just over three weeks ago. With Manbij under SDF control, ISIS will be completely off from the Turkish border. They are being supported in this offensive by US-led coalition air support and special forces’ advisors. Thursday’s festivities bring the total number of casualties in this campaign to 63 SDF fighters and at least 458 ISIS bully boys. Nearby in Raqqa province, ISIS repelled a Syrian regime offensive, kicking the Syrian army out of areas they had recaptured from the gunnies earlier this month. Posted by: Fred 2016-06-25 |
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