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| Islamists attack Kurdish positions west of Syria's Hasakah |
| 2015-03-11 |
| [ARA] On Tuesday, festivities broke out between the People's Protection Units (YPG) and Death Eaters of 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.... group (IS/ISIS) in the western countryside of Sere Kaniye (Ras al-Ain) in Hasakah province, northeast Syria. Local activists from Sere Kaniye told ARA News that sporadic festivities started between the two parties after IS members launched a surprise attack on the village of Tel Khanzir (21 km west of Sere Kaniye) near the Syrian-Turkish border. After hours of fighting, the Islamic State announced its control over the village and the withdrawal of YPG fighters to the nearby village of Khirbet al-Banat (2.5 km east of Tel Khanzir). Speaking to ARA News on the phone, an YPG's media source (who conditioned anonymity) denied IS control of Tel Khanzir, adding that the festivities continued in the vicinity of the village until Tuesday evening and that the YPG is still in control of the area. Aziz Dawoud, civil rights activist from Sere Kaniye told ARA News that the village of Tel Khanzir has a strategic hill that overlooks two major roads linking Tel Khanzir with the towns of Mabrouka Hanadi and Tel Abyad in Raqqa province. Dawoud added that in case IS controls the village, the group will be able to cut off the road leading to the eastern side of the city of Tel Abyad. Thus IS will impede the progress of the joint forces (YPG and Peshmerga forces) on the one hand, and tighten their grip on that area's main roads on the other. |
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