Clashes ongoing: 3 gang members captured alive
KOBANÊ (DİHA) - Fighters of the YPG/YPJ have taken control of the points where ISIS gangs were present.
Fighters of the YPG/YPJ (People's/Women's Defense Units) who have launched an operation against ISIS gangs that infiltrated into Kobanê today, have taken control of the points where ISIS gangs were present. The operation of Defense Units continues against the gang members that remained stuck in a school near the government building. Three members of the gangs have reportedly been captured alive.
While fighting continues between the YPG/YPJ fighters and the gangs surrounded at the high school in city center, many other gang members have reportedly been encircled at another point in the city. Apart from these two locations, the entire city has been cleansed of gangs.
On the other hand, 3 ISIS members have been captured alive by YPG/YPJ. Local sources reported that the captured are Turkish citizens.
The gang groups are reported to have suffered many casualties in the school and it is reported to be a matter of time before they are cleared there.
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