ISIL Suffers Heavy Casualties in Clashes with Kurdish Fighters in Northeastern Syria

Rasa - The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) continued to hit ISIL's positions in al-Tabaqa city's neighborhoods, killing 53 terrorists, well-informed sources in Western Raqqa said Thursday.

News ID: 429439

Date: 04 May 2017 - 22:37

RNA - The sources said that 53 ISIL terrorists were killed in the SDF operation in the Neighborhoods of 1,2 and 3 that aimed to push ISIL back from al-Tabaqa city and the Euphrates dam.

In the meantime, the Kurdish fighters engaged in heavy fighting with ISIL that attacked the villages of al-Safsafeh and Saleh al-Khashab East of Raqqa.

Relevant reports said on Wednesday that the SDF engaged in tough battle with the ISIL in the Northern part of al-Tabaqa and seized control over the neighborhoods 1, 2 and 3.

Local sources confirmed that the SDF troops found control over the entire neighborhoods of al-Tabaqa except for the building of the Euphrates dam, adding that now ISIL terrorists were trapped in the circle of the SDF forces in the dam building.

In the meantime, fierce clashes were underway between the Kurdish fighters and the ISIL in the village of Moshayrefeh on the bank of the Euphrates River.

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