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| SDF deny ISIS claim to have seized territory around Manbij |
| 2016-07-04 |
| [RUDAW.NET] 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.... claimed on Sunday to have made advances against Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) both northwest and south of Manbij, retaking nine villages. The SDF confirmed that they are clashing with the ISIS Social media accounts linked to the gunnies also named two jacket wallahs who targeted Kurdish forces in the area, claiming to have inflicted heavy casualties. Shervan Derwish, official spokesperson for the Syrian Democratic Forces, confirmed on Facebook that the forces of the Manbij Military Council (MMC) have clashed throughout the day with ISIS Syrian Democratic Forces are leading an operation to liberate Manbij from Islamic State under the umbrella of the locally formed Manbij Military Council. The SDF are a multi-ethnic force dominated by the Kurdish Peoples’ Protection Units (YPG). Derwish also said that the MMC has the bodies of at least 40 deceased bully boys, and the number of casualties is expected to rise. He did not report any casualties on the MMC side. Derwish added that the situation is now under the control of the Manbij Military Council. The SDF are backed by US-led coalition forces who carried out six |
| Posted by:Fred |