[RUDAW.NET] Kurdish forces claim they have seized strategic areas of Hasaka amidst reports of poisonous gas attacks by ISIS in the violently contested city.The Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) claimed they took control of the crossroads at Nashwa in Hasaka this afternoon, according to information obtained by Rudaw.
Intense battles are ongoing in Hasaka between ISIS militants on one side and Kurdish forces, the Free Syrian Army (FSA) and Syrian regime army. Much of the fighting has reportedly been centered at Nashwa.
Dozens of ISIS militants have reportedly been killed in those battles, according to Rudaw’s sources.
“The ISIS militants have been surrounded by the YPG fighters in one neighborhood, and the fight has turned into urban warfare,” a source told Rudaw.
“Several YPG fighters were killed with booby traps placed by ISIS. The radical group also used poisonous gas against the Kurdish forces in some areas,” added the source. “The coalition airstrikes continue their support to the Kurdish forces by bombing ISIS positions.”