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| Kurds to ISIS in Raqqa: Surrender or die |
| 2016-12-13 |
| "I'd like a second opinion..." [ARANews] Raqqa – Kurdish-Arab alliance of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Monday continued their progress against Islamic State’s (ISIS) jihadists in Syria’s northeastern Raqqa Governorate. The SDF seized control of four new villages in western Raqqa, including Bir Shallal, Um Salim, Safakher and Ajaj. “The advance came after the Syrian Democratic Forces hit ISIS headquarters in western Raqqa with heavy artillery,” a spokesman for the SDF Media Office told ARA News. “ISIS evacuated those four villages subsequent to clashes with the SDF,” the source said. At least 18 ISIS militants were killed in Monday’s clashes. In the meantime, the Syrian Democratic Forces called on ISIS jihadists in Raqqa to “surrender or die”. “To the jihadists of the so-called Islamic State, the SDF fire will soon reach Raqqa downtown and by then you won’t be able to escape. This is a final call: Either you surrender to the Syrian Democratic Forces or die under our fire,” the SDF said in a statement on Monday. This comes just one day after the SDF expelled ISIS militants from six other villages west of Raqqa. “The liberated villages included Merwaniya, Krajah, Hamer Saghir, Hamer Kabir, Qerefdan and Draniya,” an SDF spokesman told ARA News. The Syrian Democratic Forces on Saturday announced the begin of the second phase of Euphrates Wrath Operation to combat Islamic State’s militants in their de facto capital Raqqa. The SDF and allies have so far liberated 37 square-kilometer in western Raqqa as part of the second phase of the operation. “This stage is aimed at liberating the western countryside of Raqqa from ISIS, beside completing the isolation of Raqqa City,” said Cihan Shekh Ehmed, spokesperson of the SDF-led Euphrates Wrath Operation. “The operation will continue until all goals are accomplished.” During the first phase of Euphrates Wrath, SDF soldiers captured an area measuring approximately 560 km2, containing dozens of towns, villages and farms. Military sources told ARA News that more than 200 ISIS jihadists have been killed since November 6. The operation’s long-term objective is the isolation and elimination of the Islamic State in Raqqa. |
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