Western Kurdistan's People's Defense Units (YPG) carried out an expansive attack in Til Koçer region on 6 September Friday night in the scope of the “Martyr Çekjin Efrin Revolutionary Operation” launched one week ago.

The reports received from local sources said that YPG fighters seized seven headquarters of the al-Qaeda affiliated gang groups, ISIS (Islamic state of Iraq and ash-sham) and al-Nusra Front. Many members of the gang groups were killed or wounded in the YPG attack. Clashes in the region are reported to be continuing in some areas.

The city of Til Koçer, densely populated by Kurds and Arabs, is located near Girkê Legê and 30 km away from the largest city in western Kurdistan, Qamislo.

According to the figures compiled from reports by YPG sources on clashes in Girkê Legê region, YPG rescued at least 20 villages from gang groups and seized 11 headquarters of the groups since they started to attack the Kurdish region in Syria on 16 July.

In the scope of the “Martyr Çekjin" operation, YPG carried out another attack against the ISIS and al-Nusra groups near the villages of Seharic and Mişefer in Çilaxa region on 5 September night. According to YPG sources, 30 gang members were killed and many others were wounded in the attack after which YPG also seized an ammunition store of the groups. According to reports, YPG destroyed the groups' headquarters near the two villages which are located 5 km away from Til Koçer.