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Syrian Kurds retake northern villages from Daesh
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 08 - 07 - 2015

BEIRUT — Syrian Kurdish fighters have recaptured more than 10 villages seized by Daesh (the so-called IS) north of its de facto capital of Raqaa city, aided by US-led coalition air strikes, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on Tuesday.
The Daesh terrorists were, however, still in control of the town of Ain Issa, 50 km (30 miles), north of Raqaa city, which the terrorists seized from the YPG militia in an attack on Monday, the Observatory reported.
That attack on YPG-held areas followed an intensification of air strikes on Raqaa city over the weekend, which US Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Monday were aimed at disrupting the militants' ability to respond to YPG advances north of Raqaa.
The YPG, a militia operating mostly in predominantly Kurdish areas of northern Syria towards the Turkish border, has emerged as the only significant partner in Syria for US-led alliance fighting to tackle Daesh both there and in Iraq.
The Observatory, a British-based organization reporting on Syria's four-year-old civil war, said the coalition had played an “effective role” in helping YPG forces recover 11 villages northeast of Ain Issa.
The YPG, backed by small Syrian rebel groups, has made significant gains against Daesh in Raqaa province in recent weeks, seizing Tel Abyad at the Turkish border on June 15 before advancing south to Ain Issa.
The YPG captured Ain Issa on June 23.
While the YPG has shown itself to be a potent force in the fight against Daesh, its effectiveness is seen to diminish beyond the predominantly Kurdish areas it was set up to defend in northern and northeastern Syria.
The United States aims to train and equip Syrian rebel fighters it deems politically moderate in order to fight Daesh in Syria. But the Pentagon said on June 18 the effort was moving more slowly than expected.
US President Barack Obama said on Monday the United States would do more to train and equip “the moderate opposition.” — Reuters


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