(Zaman Al Wals)- Islamic State beheaded a top tribesman in Tel Abyad town near the Turkish border, saying he was collaborating with the Kurdish YPG militia, pro-ISIS accounts reported on Saturday.
Khaled Dahham Ragheb al-Bashir, cousin of Nawaf al-Bashir, head of the powerful al-Baqara tribe, the clan that has big influence north and east Syria.
ISIS posted a photo for the decapitated head on al-Bashir's Facebook page after seizing his cellphone.
Early Saturday, ISIS fighters attacked the town of Tel Abyad that controlled by the Kurdish YPG militia as well as the nearby town of Suluk.
The YPG spokesman Redur Xelil and Turkish security sources told Reuters that YPG and Kurdish internal security forces were able to "crush this attack and encircle the attackers."
Khaled Dahham Ragheb al-Bashir, cousin of Nawaf al-Bashir, head of the powerful al-Baqara tribe, the clan that has big influence north and east Syria.
ISIS posted a photo for the decapitated head on al-Bashir's Facebook page after seizing his cellphone.
Early Saturday, ISIS fighters attacked the town of Tel Abyad that controlled by the Kurdish YPG militia as well as the nearby town of Suluk.
The YPG spokesman Redur Xelil and Turkish security sources told Reuters that YPG and Kurdish internal security forces were able to "crush this attack and encircle the attackers."
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