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| ISIS attacks US proxies in Hasakah |
| 2016-10-09 |
| [ARA News] HASAKAH – Militant fighters of the Islamic State (ISIS) launched on Sunday an offensive on headquarters of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) south of Hasakah city, in northeastern Syria. Military sources told ARA News that ISIS militants carried out a car bomb attack on an SDF security checkpoint near the Shaddari city in the southern countryside of Hasakah. The radical group has also hit SDF headquarters in Shaddadi with a number of mortar shells. At least five fighters from the US-backed SDF forces were killed and two others were seriously injured due to ISIS attacks on Sunday. In the meantime, heavy clashes took place between the SDF and ISIS in the Azzawi town in Shaddadi countryside. “ISIS militants have been trying to infiltrate into Shaddadi and other areas in southern Hasakah, but our forces were able to repel the attack and forced ISIS to withdraw towards Deir ez-Zor after heavy clashes on Sunday,” an SDF spokesman told ARA News. In mid-February 2016, Peoples’ Protection Units (YPG) and allied SDF fighters concluded a protracted campaign by liberating Shaddadi City in Hasakah province. ISIS militants evacuated their headquarters in Shaddadi under heavy SDF bombardment. “More than 275 ISIS militants were killed and 33 ISIS vehicles were destroyed at the hands of the SDF fighters in the Battle for Shaddadi,” SDF spokesman Talal Silo told ARA News at the time. During the offensive, SDF troops also seized control of the Jibisa Gas Facility, located 12 km east of Shaddadi City. ISIS had used the critical refinery to produce more than a million gas cylinders, which were then sold on the black market. The SDF’s progress came after the SDF cut ISIS’ main supply route in al-Hawl, near Syria’s northeastern border with Iraq. This advance was supported by the U.S.-led coalition, who provided air cover. Since the campaign concluded, ISIS has been trying to infiltrate into the area, launching mortar and car bomb attacks from bases in Deir ez-Zor Governorate. |
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