YPG initiates 'Revenge Operation for Kobanê Martyrs'
KOBANÊ (DİHA) - YPG Press Office has announced in a written statement that fighters of the YPG/YPJ (People's/Women's Defense Units) have launched last night “Revenge Operation for Kobanê Martyrs” in the southern parts of the town. Dozens of gang members were reportedly killed in the operation.
YPG reported that the operation which was launched to cleanse Sirîn district and its surroundings of the ISIS gangs continues successfully. YPG said the villages of Şikeyif and Tirkmên and some strategically important hills nearby were cleansed of the gangs last night, while the casualties of the gangs could not be verified. YPG said the operation continues.
In the meantime, a gang group of 6 persons attempted at an attack in Girê Spî town centre yesterday afternoon, reported the YPG and added that the group was encircled at a certain point by the YPG/YPJ forces. In the clashes that took place at the point, 3 gang members were killed, while another 2 wounded and escaped to the other side of the border, said the YPG, adding that the operation to find out an other gang members who is guessed to be hiding in the area continues.
YPG lastly reported that a fighter of Defense Units lost his life in the clash in the mentioned clash in Girê Spî.
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