Burkan Al Firat forces launched an operation against the ISIS gangs yesterday night on the western front in Kobanê, leaving dozens of gang members dead.

According to the reports of the ANHA News Agency, sporadic clashes took place the whole night between the YPG forces and the ISIS gangs on the eastern and southern fronts of Kobanê. Having failed to advance, the gangs targeted civilians in the town with mortars as well as sniper attacks. Clashes on the eastern and southern fronts are reported to be continuing.

On the western front of Kobanê, YPG forces and Burkan Al Firat forces, part of the Free Syrian Army, launched joint operations in the villages of Erbûş, Menazê and Elî Bilor against the gangs. While a large number of gang members were killed in the clashes, the peshmerga forces reportedly contributed to the operations with heavy weapon support.