Sporadic clashes between the Islamic Sate of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and US-backed fighters have erupted in the northern ISIL-held Syrian town of Manbij after the group ignored a 48-hour offer to withdraw from the besieged town without a fight, opposition activists and a Kurdish official said.
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said about 200 civilians fled the town on Friday. A 20-year-old woman among those fleeing died when she stepped on a land mine while trying to escape with her children, the Observatory said.
Members of the predominantly Kurdish US-backed Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) have been on the offensive in Manbij for weeks, backed by coalition airstrikes.
On Thursday, the Manbij Military Council - part of the SDF - said ISIL fighters were given 48 hours to leave the town with their "individual weapons," saying this was their last opportunity to leave alive...
[aljazeera.com]
23/7/16
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Members of the predominantly Kurdish US-backed Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) have been on the offensive in Manbij for weeks, backed by coalition airstrikes.
On Thursday, the Manbij Military Council - part of the SDF - said ISIL fighters were given 48 hours to leave the town with their "individual weapons," saying this was their last opportunity to leave alive...
[aljazeera.com]
23/7/16
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Le groupe Etat islamique (EI) a ignoré samedi la fin de l'ultimatum que lui avaient lancé deux jours plus tôt des forces arabo-kurdes pour que ses combattants évacuent la ville syrienne de Minbej (nord) où il sont assiégés...
ReplyDelete"La période de 48 heures est terminée" et les jihadistes "n'ont pas répondu" à cette offre de repli, a indiqué à l'AFP un commandant du Conseil militaire de Minbej sous le couvert de l'anonymat.
Les combattants de l'EI ont au contraire attaqué les positions des Forces démocratiques syriennes (FDS), une alliance militaire arabo-kurde syrienne soutenue par Washington, a affirmé ce responsable.
Il a précisé que l'EI "n'aura plus d'occasions comme celle-là" de fuir cette cité, point de passage important sur l'axe qui permet au groupe jihadiste d'acheminer de l'approvisionnement depuis la Turquie vers les régions qu'il contrôle en Syrie....AFP