SDF liberates 3 villages and 7 hamlets from ISIS

SDF fighters advancing on Hawl and Shaddadi fronts have liberated 3 villages and 7 hamlets from ISIS near the Dashisha town southeast of Hesekê.

Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) Press Office announced that they have advanced 7 km in Shaddadi countryside and liberated the villages of Al-Marjan, Kalib Tahtani, Khuwayra and 7 hamlets.

According to the statement, heavy clashes broke out between SDF fighters and ISIS terrorists in Kulaib village, where many ISIS members were killed and a motorbike they used in their movements was destroyed.

SDF forces also discovered a wide network of mines in Morjane village, where the engineering teams dismantled them. Moreover, SDF forces discovered a network of tunnels which were cleared of terrorists who fled out of the village.

During these clashes, 46 terrorists were killed, including 4 Emirs, while 2 of SDF fighters were injured and moved to the military medical point in the battlefield to receive treatment, and their condition is stable now.

HAWL FRONT

SDF Press Office gave the following information about their advance on Hawl front;

“Our forces have achieved a distance of 7.5 kilometers, where the terrorists show little resistance. There have been no direct clashes, but there is mortar shelling, in which mercenaries attempt to stop the advance of our forces.”

Accordingly, the International Coalition took part in air and ground operations, carrying out 21 air strikes against terrorist movements, and hit their emplacements with heavy artillery 47 times and 3 land surface missiles.

Air raids, artillery shelling and direct battles destroyed two 4x4s vehicles and one motorcycle of the ISIS mercenaries. Also, two ground emplacements of theirs were destroyed.