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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Raqqa Reconquista
2016-07-10
Dateline July 9:
Kurdish YPG fighters attack ISIS headquarters north Raqqa, kill 18 jihadis

[ARA News] RAQQA – Kurdish forces of the People’s Protection Units (YPG) on Friday launched an offensive on headquarters of the Islamic State (ISIS) in the northern countryside of Raqqa, killing and wounding a number of ISIS jihadis, military sources reported.

The YPG hit an ISIS security centre south of Suluk town in northern Raqqa, using heavy weapons and mortar fire.

“At least 18 Daesh terrorists were killed in the operation,” a YPG spokesman told ARA News, using another abbreviation for ISIS.

The official added that the Kurdish troops also seized a large deal of ammunition and light weapons after driving out ISIS fighters from the village of Shakrak in Raqqa’s northern countryside.

“Under heavy blows by our [YPG] forces, Daesh militants were forced to withdraw from Shakrak,” he said.

In the meantime, ISIS militants responded to the Kurdish attack by bombing the YPG-led town of Ain Issa north of Raqqa, where at least four YPG fighters were heavily injured.

“Supported by allies from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the YPG was able to repel the attack on Friday midnight,” the YPG media office told ARA News. “The town is completely secure now, after the terrorists retreated towards their strongholds inside Raqqa city.”

Islamic State jihadis threaten civil peace in Syria’s Tel Abyad

[ARA News] TEL ABYAD – Radical group of the Islamic State (ISIS) has launched a car bomb attack in the city of Tel Abyad in Syria’s northern Raqqa province, killing at least ten civilians and wounding a dozen more, activists and security sources reported on Friday.

“ISIS jihadis infiltrated into Tel Abyad city and launched the attack, targeting a populated market downtown,” local activists told ARA News.

The blast claimed lives of ten civilians, including women and children, beside injuring 11 others.

Since the liberation of Tel Abyad city at the hands of the Kurdish YPG forces and allied fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) nearly a year ago, ISIS jihadis have succeeded to infiltrate into the city several times, launching suicide attacks and killing dozens of civilians.

Kurdish security forces of the Asayish, in cooperation with local committees, have installed new security checkpoints around the city to prevent future attacks by ISIS.
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