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| Kurdish forces intensify anti-ISIS operations, reaching Jarablus |
| 2015-02-19 |
| [ARA] On Wednesday, the Kurdish joint forces (People's Protection Units "YPG" and the Peshmerga) pounded locations of the Islamic State group (IS/ISIS) in the city of Jarablus, in northern Syria. The Kurdish forces launched rockets from the village of al-Bayadiya in the countryside of the Jarablus, targeting military units of the IS. Speaking to ARA News in Jarablus, media activist Ali Mahmoud reported that more than six rockets hit IS strongholds in the city center and Safa neighborhood. No casualties were reported. Nuha Mustafa, a teacher based in Jarablus, said that the Kurdish rockets caused a state of alert among IS militants, "who started to move weapons from the targeted areas to other neighborhoods in the city. "Civilians are trying to escape, but all roads are blocked by IS militants who are preparing for confrontations with the Kurdish forces," said Mustafa. In a related development, Fawaz Mustafa, commander in al-Tawhid Brigade of the Free Syrian Army (FSA), told ARA News: "We demand the civilians to evacuate the city, so that our troops in Manbij prepare to head to Jarablus soon in order to back the Kurdish forces against ISIS." |
| Posted by:Fred |