4 more streets liberated in Kobani

Kobani: Attacks of the Islamic State IS group militants aiming to occupy Kobani of Syrian Kurdistan continue for the 122nd day, reported YPG (People’s Defense Units) Press Centre in a written statement on Thursday. YPG Press Centre said that Kurdish Defense Units had carried out an operation against the gang groups in the area between the 48th Street and the foothills of the Hill Mishtenur on the southern edge of the Kobani town. The IS militants were inflicted a severe blow and 4 more streets in this area were liberated as a result of the operation, the statement said. YPG Press Centre added that 14 IS militants were killed and large quantities of ammunition belonging to them were seized, including a tank and panzer vehicle that had been damaged by Kurdish YPG/J fighters in previous clashes. firatnews.com | Ekurd.net

YPG blows up bomb-laden vehicle in Kobani

Kobani: Islamic State group IS militants have attempted an attack with a bomb-laden vehicle in Kobani Thursday noon. According to the reports provided by the correspondents on the ground, the militants attempted to carry out the attack on the 48th Street on the south-eastern front. It is reported that Kurdish YPG/YPJ fighters have thwarted the attack by blowing up the bomb-laden vehicle before it reached the target. Clashes are reported following the intervention by Defense Units. firatnews.com | Ekurd.net

New Kurdish Peshmerga rotation for Kobani as Islamic State loses grip on besieged city

Erbil: Kurdish sources said Thursday that a new fresh batch of Peshmerga forces are set to leave Erbil for Kobani in Syria to replace their counterparts who have been there since December, as the Islamic State (IS) has gradually lost its grip on the city. Kurdish military sources said the militants have now been pushed back from much of the desolate city. The commander of Peshmerga forces in Kobane told Rudaw this week that 85 percent of the city is now in the hands of Kurdish forces, which include the Peshmerga and the People’s Protection Units (YPG). This will be the third rotation of Peshmerga in Kobani: more than 150 soldiers arrived there from Erbil in late November and they were replaced by fresh fighters the month after. The first batch was dispatched with semi-heavy weapons and ammunition to fight alongside the YPG Syrian Kurdish defenders of the city, which borders Turkey and would have given ISIS a strategic advantage if captured. Fighters of the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) have been locked in daily clashes with the Islamic State extremists who still rule over large swathes of land in both Syria and central Iraq…rudaw.net

Islamic State receives new reinforcements in Kobani: YPG

A Kurdish fighter in the People’s Protection Units (YPG) Khaled Minas, told Ara news that in the last few days the Islamic State’s extremists have used heavy and sophisticated weapons in bombing the city “other than previously used mortars and shells”. “They were likely to be tanks or artillery.” “The IS radicals have continued to bombard the western and northern parts of Kobani with a large number of heavy shells, causing major destruction in these neighborhoods,” Minas added. Ekurd.net

U.S-led airstrikes continue against Islamic State in Syria

Washington: U.S-led jet fighters carried out five strikes near Kobani, on the Islamic State group IS tactical unit and an IS building and destroyed four IS fighting positions. Near Al Hasakah, three airstrikes destroyed an IS checkpoint, an IS fighting position, and three IS vehicles. In Raqqah, three airstrikes struck an IS weapon storage facility and an IS tactical unit and destroyed five IS buildings and an IS vehicle. US defence said that ll strikes took place between 8 a.m., Wednesday, and 8 a.m., Thursday, local time. defence.gov | Ekurd.net

Protestants send aid to Syrian Kurdistan

Mardin: Protestants in Turkey and Germany have collected clothing and baby food to the value of 205 thousand Turkish lira (£60,000) and sent it to the Mardin Municipality to be forwarded to Syrian Kurdistan (Rojava). Following contacts made by Mardin co-mayor Februniye Akyol Akay and Mardin Syrian Church representative Vadi Aydın, representatives of the Union of Protestant Churches in Turkey and the Bebra İsa Mesih church in Germany brought the aid to Mardin and handed it over to the social services department of the Mardin municipality. From there it was taken to the bus station for transfer to the Newroz camp in Syrian Kurdistan. Vadi Aydın said Syriacs and Protestants in Mardin had previously provided aid and would continue to do so. “A tragedy is taking place there. We expect everyone to be aware of this and to send the necessary aid,” he added. firatnews.com | Ekurd.net

Syrian Kurdistan’s Kobani Canton administration arrives in Suruç for talks

Kobani: Syrian Kurdistan’s Kobani Canton Prime Minister Anwer Muslim, part of a delegation on a visit to Suruç in Turkey to discuss problems at the border and concerning aid with Turkish officials, said: “We have shortages of medicines, food and in many other areas. In order for these shortages to be overcome we need obstacles to passage to be removed and for aid to be increased.” The delegation from Kobani Canton includes Prime Minister Anwer Muslim and Kobani Health Minister Dr. Nahsan Ahmed. On arrival in Suruç they held a private meeting with Turkish state officials, after which they were met at the Suruç municipality by co-mayor Zuhal Ekmez, HDP MPs Aysel Tuğluk and İbrahim Ayhan and DBP Suruç district co-chair İsmail Şahin. Anwer Muslim said their meeting had taken place in a positive atmosphere, and that they had raised the shortages in the canton. He said that for these shortages to be overcome it was necessary for obstacles to passage to be removed and for aid to be increased. He said he hoped promises they were given would be honoured…firatnews.com

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