(Zaman Al Wasl)- SDF, a Kurdish-led alliance backed by U.S.-led strikes, has launched new attacks on ISIS to capture further ground after a week of seizing al-Shadadi town in northeastern Hasakah province, activists said.
Omar al-Shami, local activist, said SDF fighters backed by the U.S.-led air strikes have pressed more advances in Hasakah, seeking to take al-Azzawi town.
For a week, SDF fighters were engaged in "mopping up" operations outside Al-Shadadi.
Al-Shami said the YPG-led forces carried out tens of raids on the residents of al-Shadadi, blocking the roads and setting up new checkpoints.
The SDF is an alliance of Kurdish fighters from the People's Protection Units (YPG) and Arab forces, although the Kurds dominate the coalition.
Earlier, SDF seized a nearby oilfield from ISIS and cut two routes leading from Al-Shadadi to Mosul in neighboring Iraq and Raqqa, the jihadi group's de facto Syrian capital.
Activists Modhar al-Asaad said about 100,000 people, half of them from al-Shadadi, have fled the ongoing fighting between ISIS and SDF to Turkish border.
Local activists told Zaman al-Wasl on Wednesday that the Kurdish autonomous administration had banned Arab displaced families from entering territory it controls in Hasakah.
The self-management forces, Assayesh, denied the entry of tens of displaced families to Ras al-Ayn and nearby districts,
Weeks ago, Assayesh demanded the Arab displaced, who are fleeing the ongoing fight between SDF and ISIS to have a sponsor from Kurds. But this 'racist condition' was canceled later, according to activists.
SDF is also waging a major operation in Aleppo province where it has seized key territory from Syrian rebels.
Meanwhile, the Co-Chairman of the Syrian Democratic Council, Elham Ahmed, proposed a plan to the U.N. through media outlets to make SDF-controlled areas the Syrian buffer zone instead of the planned Turkish zone.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Thursday that the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia, like Islamic State, seeks to divide Syria, adding that the country's territorial integrity must be preserved, Reuters reported.
Meanwhile, the U.N. Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura said on Thursday the United Nations will name a date on Friday for Syria's warring parties to return to the negotiating table for a second round of talks.
The "cessation of hostilities" agreed by the United States and Russia is due to take hold on Saturday morning from midnight. Damascus has agreed to the deal, as has the main opposition alliance, though it is only ready to commit for two weeks given its deep reservations.
YPG said on Thursday that it would respect the truce, but reserve the right to retaliate if attacked. While Syria's main opposition expressed concern that Moscow and Damascus would continue targeting rebels allied to the al-Nusra Front, a jihadist group that, along with IS, will be excluded from the cessation of hostilities. (With agencies)
Omar al-Shami, local activist, said SDF fighters backed by the U.S.-led air strikes have pressed more advances in Hasakah, seeking to take al-Azzawi town.
For a week, SDF fighters were engaged in "mopping up" operations outside Al-Shadadi.
Al-Shami said the YPG-led forces carried out tens of raids on the residents of al-Shadadi, blocking the roads and setting up new checkpoints.
The SDF is an alliance of Kurdish fighters from the People's Protection Units (YPG) and Arab forces, although the Kurds dominate the coalition.
Earlier, SDF seized a nearby oilfield from ISIS and cut two routes leading from Al-Shadadi to Mosul in neighboring Iraq and Raqqa, the jihadi group's de facto Syrian capital.
Activists Modhar al-Asaad said about 100,000 people, half of them from al-Shadadi, have fled the ongoing fighting between ISIS and SDF to Turkish border.
Local activists told Zaman al-Wasl on Wednesday that the Kurdish autonomous administration had banned Arab displaced families from entering territory it controls in Hasakah.
The self-management forces, Assayesh, denied the entry of tens of displaced families to Ras al-Ayn and nearby districts,
Weeks ago, Assayesh demanded the Arab displaced, who are fleeing the ongoing fight between SDF and ISIS to have a sponsor from Kurds. But this 'racist condition' was canceled later, according to activists.
SDF is also waging a major operation in Aleppo province where it has seized key territory from Syrian rebels.
Meanwhile, the Co-Chairman of the Syrian Democratic Council, Elham Ahmed, proposed a plan to the U.N. through media outlets to make SDF-controlled areas the Syrian buffer zone instead of the planned Turkish zone.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Thursday that the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia, like Islamic State, seeks to divide Syria, adding that the country's territorial integrity must be preserved, Reuters reported.
Meanwhile, the U.N. Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura said on Thursday the United Nations will name a date on Friday for Syria's warring parties to return to the negotiating table for a second round of talks.
The "cessation of hostilities" agreed by the United States and Russia is due to take hold on Saturday morning from midnight. Damascus has agreed to the deal, as has the main opposition alliance, though it is only ready to commit for two weeks given its deep reservations.
YPG said on Thursday that it would respect the truce, but reserve the right to retaliate if attacked. While Syria's main opposition expressed concern that Moscow and Damascus would continue targeting rebels allied to the al-Nusra Front, a jihadist group that, along with IS, will be excluded from the cessation of hostilities. (With agencies)
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