After YPG (People's Defense Units) fighters cleared the Serekaniye city of armed groups, clashes in the region intensified near the Serekaniye border gate between Rojava and northern Kurdistan. Some of the members of the armed groups escaped to northern Serekaniye and others to Tel Xelef.

YPG took the control of the border gate and the region following a series of attacks against gang groups.

Turkish soldiers have been deployed in the northern side of the Turkish border.

In a written statement released today, YPG General Command said that Serekaniye has been cleared of gang groups following two days of fierce clashes with the Al Nusra Front and some other armed gang groups. YPG said that at least 15 members of the armed groups were killed and dozens of others were wounded in clashes since yesterday. YPG remarked that two Kurdish fighters, Rustem Eli (Qehreman) and Rubar Mihemed Emîn, lost their life in two days of clashes.

YPG remarked that some members of the group, those who failed to escape, laid their arms down and surrendered to YPG units.

Following a counter attack against armed groups, YPG surrounded and took the control of a military post and headquarters on the border line.

YPG has also taken the control of Emil Mislimin, the central position area of the Al Nusra Front and Heyet Al Seri, and another central location being used as the headquarters of Islamic state of Iraq and Bilae El Şam.

Following the attack on Emil Mislimin, where a commander of an armed group was killed, YPG rescued the 15 civilians abducted by gang groups.

According to the reports coming through, an armed group launched artillery attack from Tel Xelef in the afternoon, targeting Serekaniye after escaping from the YPG attack in the region.

On the other hand, separate clashes broke out today between YPG fighters and armed groups in the village of Til Elo in Girkê Legê's Çelaxa region. Clashes are reported to be continuing.

In the meantime, YPG has found the identity cards of three Turkish citizens in Al Qaida affiliated Bilad el Şam's headquarters it raided and searched after driving the groups from Serekaniye.

The id cards published by Anha news agency belong to Muhammed Emin Doğrucu and İbrahim Özden from Adana and Murat Koçak from Erzurum.

A Turkish citizen had been killed and a Turkish ambulance had been seized by YPG units in clashes with armed gang groups in previous months. One other id card previously found in Haseke belonged to a Turkish soldier, while three Al Qaida militants who were chased by security forces in Afrin had confessed that Turkish soldiers had warned them about not crossing Syrian territory.