Alwaght- Syrian Kurdish forces of the People’s Protection Units (YPG), reportedly, have captured 12 villages in the vicinity of Suluk town, 20 kilometers southeast of the town of Tal Abyad. ISIS terrorist group occupied Tel Abyad on June 30, 2014 that according to turkey's Birgun newspaper the city's electricity is provide by turkey's government.
Tel Abyad border town has been used by ISIS terrorists as a gateway from Turkey into its bastion province of Raqqa. ISIS has announced Raqqa as its capital.
Iraqi based ARA News cited the YPG’s Media Center as saying “Our units continue their military operations near the ISIS-held town of Suluk, during which they clashed with IS terrorists in the southern and northwestern suburbs of Suluk town, causing heavy losses in the group’s ranks and liberating several new villages and farms.”
According to the statement, the villages regained by the Kurdish include Dardo, Razaki, Qalaj, Rafah, Quneitara, Khuwaitla, Dara, Ranim, and four other villages as well as eight surrounding farms.
At least nine ISIS terrorists were killed during Saturday clashes north of Raqqa, according to the YPG Media Center.