Kurdish fighters advance against jihadis in Syria

AP/Daily Mail ^ | 15 September 2014

[GonzoII]

BEIRUT (AP) — Kurdish fighters have captured more than a dozen villages from Islamic militants in heavy fighting across northeastern Syria, an activist group and a Kurdish official said Monday.

The fighting in the mainly-Kurdish Hassakeh province came as diplomats at a Paris conference tried to agree on a global strategy to fight the extremist Islamic State group, which has captured large tracts of territory in Iraq and Syria.

Kurdish fighters have been battling Islamic State militants for more than a year in northern Syria. The Kurdish People's Protection Units, known by the acronym YPK, have been the most effective opponent of the Islamic State group, which has routed Iraqi and Syrian armed forces as well as mainstream Syrian rebels.

[GonzoII]

The string of defeats for ISIS lends credence to the
reports that some of their top leaders have been killed.

[11th Commandment]

I thought it was a group fighting ISIL that had its top 50 leaders killed?

[ScottinVA]

If there’s any group deserving of a state of their own, it’s the Kurds. They have most certainly paid their dues.

[Former Proud Canadian]

With western help the Kurds will push IS out of their territory. But don't expect them to "destroy" IS in Syria.

[GonzoII]

"But don't expect them to "destroy" IS in Syria. "

I would if we armed and payed them to do it.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks GonzoII.