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| Kurds deter ISIS attack near Assyrian town |
| 2015-04-10 |
| [ARA] On Wednesday, he 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.... group (IS/ISIS) carried out an offensive on the village of Kharita in the countryside of Tel Temir in Hasakah province, northeastern Syria, which was followed by fierce festivities between the radical group and the joint forces (the People's Protection Units "YPG" and Haras al-Khabur fighters) in the area. Speaking to ARA News, Sarhad Botan, a YPG fighter in the battlefronts of Tel Temir, said that their units deterred the IS-led attack and stopped the group's advancement through counterattacks, leading to festivities that continued until Wednesday midnight. "We (YPG) cannot disclose the results of these battles yet," he added. In a related development, the General Command of the YPG issued Wednesday a statement, of which ARA News received a copy, saying that fierce festivities continue at several points and the results will be disclosed to the public as soon as the battles are suspended. The IS group has taken over several Assyrian villages in the countryside of Tel Temir, killing dozens and displacing thousands of civilians from their hometowns in Hasakah province. Kurds and Assyrians formed have a joint military forces to regain the IS-held areas and defend the region against the group's atrocities. |
| Posted by:Fred |