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| 20 ISIS Bad Guys die fighting Kurds in Hasakah |
| 2016-11-11 |
| [ARA News] HASAKAH – Clashes broke out on Thursday between the People’s Protection Units (YPG) and Islamic State’s (ISIS) militants in Syria’s northeastern Hasakah province. The clashes erupted near Shaddadi city south of Hasakah after an attempt by ISIS militants to storm YPG headquarters in the area. “ISIS terrorists tried to infiltrate into YPG headquarters in the al-Malha village in southern Shaddadi,” a YPG spokesman told ARA News. “However, the Kurdish YPG fighters repelled the attack after clashes with ISIS militants,” the spokesman said. At least 21 ISIS militants were killed in the clashes, while four YPG fighters were reportedly wounded. Similar clashes took place in early October after ISIS carried our two suicide attacks on Kurdish positions and tried to infiltrate into Shaddadi city. The Kurdish YPG units and allied Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) were eventually able to repel the attack. In mid-February 2016, the YPG and allied SDF fighters concluded a protracted campaign by liberating Shaddadi city. In recent months ISIS has been trying to return to the area, launching mortar and car bomb attacks from bases in Deir ez-Zor Governorate. |
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