ISIL pushing to reverse Kurdish advances in northeast Syria
Iran Press TV
Wed Jun 3, 2015 2:10PM
Terrorists with the ISIL Takfiri group are reportedly pushing to reverse the advances made by Kurdish fighters in the northeastern Syrian province of al-Hasakah.
The ISIL militants launched a major attack on the homonymous and predominantly-Kurdish provincial capital, the Associated Press reported, quoting activists and Syrian state media as saying on Wednesday.
Syrian state TV said the ISIL elements were battling for the control of a juvenile prison still under construction on the southern edge of Hassakeh and had so far attacked it with five car bombings, while the so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, based in the UK, said ISIL gunmen had entered the prison building.
Recently, ISIL militants attacked the provincial capital, advancing about four kilometers into the key city, which is located about 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of the Turkish border city of Qamishli.
On May 31, the observatory reported that Kurdish fighters had flushed Takfiri elements out of four villages near the city of Ras al-Ain in the province.
Militants started their campaign of terror in Syria in March 2011 with the backing of Western powers and their regional allies, including Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Qatar.
At least 222,000 people have been killed in the Arab country since the onset of the clashes fueled by the Takfiri militants.
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