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Kurdish forces take ground from ISIS western Raqqa
[EN.ZAMANALWSL.NET] The U.S.-backed Syria Democratic Forces on Sunday took a ground from the 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.... in the western countryside of Raqqa, the group's de facto caliphate capital, according to statement posted online. The YPG-led forces its military campaign, so-called Euphrates Anger, had controlled the village of Jaaber al-Sharqi after heavy clashed with ISIS, killing 38 militiamen. YPG posted a video shows an kaboom of boom-mobile prepared by ISIS in the village of Jaaber al-Sharqi as they were advancing inside the village. On the other hand, Amaq, the official news agency of ISIS reported killing 20 members of the Syrian branch of Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) by trapping them in a mine field in the village of Jaaber Sharqi, in Western countryside of Raqqa. Clashes between ISIS and SDF’s militias has continued for the last 5 days around the village of Jaaber Sharqi and the village of Mahmoodli, 50 km Western of Raqqa. Sources detailed that festivities are taking place in an area no more than 10 km from the route reaching to Euphrates dam, which is the target of SDF and US-allied forces, in order to reach to the city of Tabaqa. On December 10, SDF launched an operation against the Islamic State in order to control the Western countryside of Raqqa,which is part of the military operation "Euphrates Anger" launched November 6, against the Islamic State in the city of Raqqa. Posted by: Fred 2016-12-26 |
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