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| Kurds seize new villages amid ISIS retreat north Raqqa |
| 2015-06-21 |
| [ARA] Amid continuous battles against 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.... 's (IS/ISIS) holy warriors, Kurdish fighters of the People's Protection Units (YPG) and allied rebels of Burkan al-Furat seized Saturday a number of new villages and farms in the northern countryside of Raqqa, northeastern Syria, military sources reported. The joint forces were able to kill a number of IS holy warriors, seizing a large deal of weapons and ammunition. Speaking to ARA News, Sarhad Abbas, fighter in the YPG ranks, reported that the joint forces (YPG and allied rebels) seized control of more than 15 villages and farms south of Suluk town, as well as the main highway in the Qantari area. "Our units advanced in the northern areas of Ain Issa town as well, killing dozens of IS terrorists," he added. Abbas pointed out that the morale of the joint forces is rising, "especially after receiving huge reinforcements of heavy weapons and fighters from Hasakah province to combat the murderous Moslems in Raqqa countryside". Also on Saturday, the YPG's Media Center issued a statement, of which ARA News received a copy, saying: "The YPG forces liberated the villages of Khatoon, Oum al-Baramil and five farms south of Suluk town." "The villages of Abu Husseini, Rawiya and Mahiri south of Tel Abyad were also liberated by the joint forces. At least five IS bad boyz were potted during festivities in the vicinity of Sina village," the statement added. There are still hit-and-run battles going on near Ain Issa town between the joint forces and the hardline group of the Islamic State. Kurdish forces and allied rebels regained the border city of Tel Abyad in Raqqa province days ago, forcing the IS radical group to withdraw from a strategic crossing at the Turkish border. |
| Posted by:Fred |