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| SDF closing in on Manbij on all sides |
| 2016-07-25 |
| [RUDAW.NET] Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are making progress in Manbij, moving in towards the centre from all sides. They have retaken Bannawi neighbourhood and are fighting in al-Kejeli. "Inside the city, in al-Kejeli neighborhood, 31 ISIS [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.... krazed killers] were killed while [SDF] fighters were advancing," reported Shervan Derwish, the SDF’s spokesperson. He added that another 20 ISIS bully boyz were killed in al-Bobna neighbourhood and "Progress towards the city centre is going on in all directions." The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights confirmed that the SDF are progressing in the city "in several areas in Manbij city, amid more casualties among both parties." The Observatory documented the deaths of at least 5 SDF members and 16 bully boyz in the festivities. It also "received confirmed information about the death of 8 citizens, including children and citizen women after being targeted by the ’Islamic state’ while they were trying to escape from their controlled areas in Manbij city." The targeting of the civilians fleeing Manbij came at the same time that the SDF and Islamic State bully boyz were negotiating an evacuation of maimed civilians from the city, according to the Observatory. In exchange for allowing maimed civilians to leave the city and seek medical care, the SDF would allow maimed bully boyz to also leave. Darwish added that SDF also repelled heavy Islamic State attacks over the night and morning in the neighbourhoods of Ousajli, Tal-Serj, and Zonqel to the south and northwest of Manbij; "37 hard boyz killed" he tweeted. |
| Posted by:Fred |