Posted on 11/18/2015 7:23:27 AM PST by BeadCounter
A new alliance of Kurds, Assyrians and Arabs reclaimed almost 200 villages from the Islamic State group, among other victories on Friday.
Kurdish, Assyrian and Arab fighters took back almost 200 villages since the end of October and seized hundreds of weapons and vehicles from the Islamic State group.
The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) released a balance sheet with the tally of wins and losses, pinning the death toll at 493 on the side of the IS group, 33 from the SDF and four civilians. The alliance was created in mid-October between the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) and various rebel militias. Spokesperson Colonel Talal Ali Selo said that they received help from airstrikes by a US-led coalition.
In total, the forces reclaimed 1,362 square kilometers and took in 112 IS group prisoners in the southern part of the Hasaka province, in the northeast. Selo told ANF News that the SDF would continue until it liberated the rest of the Hasaka countryide.
"The south of Hesekê and Hawl is a strategic area for ISIS gangs," he told ANF news, refering to the Islamic State. "After the fall of Tal Abyad, they transferred their base to this area, where ISIS could get broadly organized."
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Syrian Kurdish-Arab alliance captures nearly 200 villages from IS
Good for them!
This is how it should be .... too bad so many of their countrymen fled instead of staying to fight for their country.
Happy to see someone monitoring these sources. It would be usefull if they published a graphic (map) which would depict the areas they reference.
These are the Syrian Democratic Forces, these are who we are sponsoring and it includes Assyrian Christians.
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