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U.S.-backed fighters capture Islamic State-held town in northeast Syria: monitor
Source: Reuters
World | Fri Feb 19, 2016 2:40pm EST
U.S.-backed fighters capture Islamic State-held town in northeast Syria: monitor
BEIRUT
A U.S.-backed alliance of Syrian fighters including the Kurdish YPG militia captured an Islamic State-held town in Syria's northeast on Friday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said.
The capture of al-Shadadi in Hasaka province came three days after the beginning of an offensive against Islamic State in the area by the Syria Democratic Forces backed by U.S.-led air strikes, and would help isolate Raqqa, the jihadists' de-facto capital in Syria.
There was no immediate comment from the Syria Democratic Forces.
The Britain-based Observatory's director Rami Abdulrahman said al-Shadadi's capture was a "psychological blow" to the Islamic State group. He said it still controlled dozens of villages in the area, but that the SDF had taken many more villages and farmland in the past few days.
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U.S.-backed fighters capture Islamic State-held town in northeast Syria: monitor
BEIRUT
A U.S.-backed alliance of Syrian fighters including the Kurdish YPG militia captured an Islamic State-held town in Syria's northeast on Friday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said.
The capture of al-Shadadi in Hasaka province came three days after the beginning of an offensive against Islamic State in the area by the Syria Democratic Forces backed by U.S.-led air strikes, and would help isolate Raqqa, the jihadists' de-facto capital in Syria.
There was no immediate comment from the Syria Democratic Forces.
The Britain-based Observatory's director Rami Abdulrahman said al-Shadadi's capture was a "psychological blow" to the Islamic State group. He said it still controlled dozens of villages in the area, but that the SDF had taken many more villages and farmland in the past few days.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-hasaka-idUSKCN0VS29A
