Ferocious battles in the attempt to push out the ICE

"Ferocious battles in the attempt to push out the ICE"

"A trap also baited on the iraqi side of the border."

"– the Clashes are, of course, ferocious, therefore, that the terrorist group is defending their last stronghold, said Mustafa Bali, the kurdish-arab state defense forces-militia spokesman, on Sunday."

"the Offensive began after ten days of waiting, then, about 20,000 civilians were evacuated from the encircled area. It consists of two villages near the border with Iraq. According to the SDF-alliance – where the kurdish YPG militia-the backbone – is the ICE trapped in an area that is five to six square kilometers large."

"The opposition Syrian människorättsobservatoriet (SOHR), which monitors the war from Britain, said that the SDF is advancing over agricultural land with the support of artillery and air strikes by the US-led alliance."

"Mustafa Bali said that milismännen has advanced and conquered 41 posts from the ICE."

"Upwards of 600 ICE-jihadists, most of the aliens, can remain in the area, according to Bali. However, do not expect the SDF to encounter on the ICE-leader, irakiern Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi."

" We do not believe that he is in Syria, says Bali."

"On the iraqi side of the border has French forces in the US-led alliance set an ambush for jihadists who may try to escape. Lots of grenades of caliber 15.5 centimetres waiting to be fed into the three fire-cured mobile howitzers with a maximum range of 40 kilometers."

"Then in september, 1 270 IS members, over 670 SDF-militiamen and about 400 civilians have been killed in the fighting, according to the SOHR."

"ICE control at the same time, other areas in Syria. But it is the Russian and iranskstödda the government in Damascus, which has been in the last few years the big winners in the military tug-of-war."

"the Conflict in Syria broke out in march 2011 after the so-called arab spring, when several governments in the region challenged by demonstrations and rebellious moods. The syrian opposition claimed president Bashar al-Assad's departure and in the current situation, democratic reforms, but the resistance were cut partly by other interests."

"the War brought in the day in the practice of regional great powers, by proxy. Bashar al-Assad's government forces have with Russia, Iran and the lebanese Hizbollahmilisens support forced the rebels and jihadistgrupper from a series of strongholds in the country."

"Often the regime's takeover was preceded by long sieges and comprehensive bombing raid, with large civilian casualties as a result. In many cases, negotiations have been held with the rebels, who had to choose between that bussed in the way to the other rebellhållna areas or to remain under the regime's rule. Mediation has often been handled by Russia, but the counterparty has not in practice had any major options other than to give up or give in."

"In north and northeast Syria to check the kurdish forces large areas, but there are also Turkietallierade rebel forces. Turkey has carried out luftanfall against kurdish positions in the area and has plans to "

"Sources: institute of Foreign affairs, AFP, Reuters"