ISIS fighters on Monday have withdrawn from their last stronghold near Kobani town in the eastern countryside of Aleppo after a fierce fighting with Free Syria Army and Kurdish People’s Protection Units, according to Zaman al-Wasl.
The radical Sunni group dubbed its withdrawal’ from the town of Serrin east of Kobani, or Ayn al-Arab, by the tactical retreat, heading Sad Tishreen and al-Najem citadel area near the Turkish border.
The latest victory of FSA and YPG was due to a barrage of U.S.-led airstrikes that has been pounding ISIS since August 2014.
The Kurdish YPG militia, already a U.S. partner in the fight against Islamic State, has shown grit fighting Islamic State but its potency will likely diminish beyond the Kurdish areas.
Serrin capture came after 5 months since the Kurdish fighters and moderate rebels had controlled the town of Kobani after deadly fighting took four months and massive destruction.
The significance of Islamic State's recent setbacks should not be exaggerated, a senior Western diplomat told Reuters once, adding, "There’s no doubt that the heady days of ISIS are over."
U.S.-led coalition military forces on Monday conducted 13 air strikes using fighter, bomber and remotely piloted aircraft to hit targets near Al Hasakah, Aleppo and Kobani, according to the statement.
More than 230,000 people killed and over 12 million forced to flee their homes since the Syrian revolution erupted in March 2011.
The radical Sunni group dubbed its withdrawal’ from the town of Serrin east of Kobani, or Ayn al-Arab, by the tactical retreat, heading Sad Tishreen and al-Najem citadel area near the Turkish border.
The latest victory of FSA and YPG was due to a barrage of U.S.-led airstrikes that has been pounding ISIS since August 2014.
The Kurdish YPG militia, already a U.S. partner in the fight against Islamic State, has shown grit fighting Islamic State but its potency will likely diminish beyond the Kurdish areas.
Serrin capture came after 5 months since the Kurdish fighters and moderate rebels had controlled the town of Kobani after deadly fighting took four months and massive destruction.
The significance of Islamic State's recent setbacks should not be exaggerated, a senior Western diplomat told Reuters once, adding, "There’s no doubt that the heady days of ISIS are over."
U.S.-led coalition military forces on Monday conducted 13 air strikes using fighter, bomber and remotely piloted aircraft to hit targets near Al Hasakah, Aleppo and Kobani, according to the statement.
More than 230,000 people killed and over 12 million forced to flee their homes since the Syrian revolution erupted in March 2011.
Zaman Al Wasl
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