Clashes getting heavier in Kobanê
Clashes getting heavier in Kobanê
Clashes getting heavier in Kobanê
Fighting between YPG/YPJ forces and ISIS gangs in Kobanê town of West Kurdistan, Rojava, has got heavier as of Wednesday evening.
According to the reports coming through, ISIS gangs have launched a new wave of intensified attacks on the Mürşitpınar border crossing between Kobanê and Pirsus [Suruç] in the evening hours.
YPG-YPJ guerrillas are fiercely responding to the rocket, mortar and heavy weaponry attacks of ISIS gangs. Explosions are also being heard from the scene of clashes.
YPG sources have reported that a number of ISIS members have been killed in the fighting.
As clashes intensified, an ISIS position near the border gate has been hit by coalition airrcraft late in the evening. Clashes which discontinued for a while after the aerial bombardment restarted later and are still continuing.
Fighting between Protection Units and ISIS gangs has also intensified at the eastern frontline.
In the meantime, peshmerga forces from South Kurdistan haven't crossed into Kobanê yet. Uncertainity continues as to the time of their entrance into the town under attack by ISIS gangs.