The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces commander says an Islamic State cell targeted security and military buildings in the city, killing six fighters and wounding an unspecified number of others.
abc.net.au/news/islamic-state-attack-syria-kills-kurdish-security-forces/101809796An attack by Islamic State militants in the city of Raqqa has killed six members of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces and wounded others, all of whom had played a prominent role in the fight against the group, SDF officials said.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights — a Britain-based opposition war monitor — reported that the IS attack targeted an area containing the headquarters of the SDF's Internal Security Forces, anti-terrorism units and a military intelligence prison, where about 200 IS prisoners are housed. Also on Monday, the observatory and the National Front for Liberation — a coalition of Turkish-backed rebel groups — reported that six members of the coalition were killed in clashes between the SDF and the Syrian army in the countryside around Aleppo.since late November and threatened a ground operation.He said the "terrorist activity coincides, with the continuous Turkish threats to target the security and stability of the region".an allegation the groups deny.
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