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Islamic State attacks advancing (on) Kurdish-led forces in Syria's east: monitor
« on: October 12, 2018, 02:48:06 am »
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Islamic State attacks advancing Kurdish-led forces in Syria's east: monitor

Kurdish YPG fighters in Syrian Kurdistan, January 2018. Photo: YPG/ANF

BEIRUT,— The Islamic State group launched a deadly counter-offensive on Wednesday to repel US-backed Kurdish-led forces advancing on a final jihadist-held pocket of eastern Syria, a monitor said.

The IS fighters managed to take hostage several dozen fighters from the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

The SDF, a Kurdish and Arab alliance, has been waging a month-long assault backed by US-led coalition air strikes to oust IS from a small area in Syria’s eastern Deir Ezzor province, including the town of Hajin.

Read more at: https://ekurd.net/islamic-attacks-kurdish-syria-2018-10-11
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