ISIS recaptures town from PKK forces near Syria's Raqqa

[Böri]

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) fighters have seized a Syrian town back from Kurdish-led forces near Raqqa city, recovering ground near the armed group's de facto capital two days after it was pummelled in heavy US-led air strikes, a monitor said.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Monday that ISIL forces had taken Ayn Issa and surrounding areas from Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), which only seized the town from the armed group control two weeks ago.

A spokesman for the YPG could not immediately be reached for comment, but had earlier reported an attack by large numbers of ISIL fighters on YPG positions in the area about 50km north of Raqqa city.

US officials said the air strikes in Raqqa city over the weekend were some of the most intense to date against ISIL in Syria.

Elsewhere in Syria, deadly clashes took place on Monday between YPG forces and ISIL fighters for control of Syria's northeastern Hasakah province, the Observatory reported.

ISIL claimed it killed at least 50 Kurdish fighters during the clashes on Monday, after they reportedly captured several checkpoints in Hasakah city's suburbs, sources told Al Jazeera.

Two car bombs exploded near government checkpoints in southern Hasakah, killing at least 11 government forces.

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[adsız]

ISIS and PYD/YPG both are clowns... How it is possible for ISIS to take control of a city while almost all the west are in coalition against it?

No worry.. Turkey is getting prepared to take Raqqa back. in No longer than a month.

[Profileid]

ISIS and PYD/YPG both are clowns... How it is possible for ISIS to take control of a city while almost all the west are in coalition against it?

No worry.. Turkey is getting prepared to take Raqqa back. in No longer than a month.

It will be done by the Syrian army.

[adsız]

It will be done by the Syrian army.

I wish it could but Syrian Army is too weak for now. So, it is only Turkey at the moment who can save the Syrian soil from Kurdish/ISIS thieves..

[Jehan]

It seems that turkish army made a great job at weakening kurdish fighters to help their ISIS brothers.

[Danishmend]

It seems that turkish army made a great job at weakening kurdish fighters to help their ISIS brothers.

Typical 70 IQ youtube comment.

[Kamal900]

I wish it could but Syrian Army is too weak for now. So, it is only Turkey at the moment who can save the Syrian soil from Kurdish/ISIS thieves..

They must do it quickly before the US and it's proxy regimes in the middle east provides them with weapons and other resources.

[adsız]

They must do it quickly before the US and it's proxy regimes in the middle east provides them with weapons and other resources.

They have already been doing that. You know ISIS/YPG has no weapon factory. But they have missiles.

[Armenian Bishop]

http://armenpress.am/eng/news/859554...h-studies.html

Turkey carries out its own game in Syria: "Although official Turkey says that its main goal is to fight against the Islamic State terrorist group, it, in reality, fights against the Kurds."

[adsız]

http://armenpress.am/eng/news/859554...h-studies.html

Turkey carries out its own game in Syria: "Although official Turkey says that its main goal is to fight against the Islamic State terrorist group, it, in reality, fights against the Kurds."

Turkey supports the integrity of Syria and says officially that it will exterminate all ISIS/Kurdish YPG terrorists who want to steal any soil from Syria.

That is not secret.