Following the defeat suffered by the ISIS gangs in Kobanê, the organisation feared throughout the Middle East has now split into several parts.

The YPG/YPJ forces are continuing their ‘cleansing operations’ in Kobanê canton. Following the defeat of the ISIS gangs in the city even sources within ISIS admit that the organisation is disintegrating.

ISIS displaying their own dead as YPG fighters

It is reported that ISIS gangs deployed from the cities of Mosul and Rakka in Serrin, Girê Sipî (Tel Abyad) and on the Aleppo road are continuing to be hit by YPG/YPJ fighters. On the western front in Kobanê gangs have fled to the town of Jarablus and have destroyed the bridges over the Euphrates. To the east of Kobanê, YPG/YPJ fighters have taken control of hills overlooking the Girê Sipi plain, while ISIS has driven around the town dragging bodies of their own men, claiming they are YPG fighters. A local resident said of one dead man: "He is not from the YPG, he is my cousin. I recognise the tattoo.” Gang members are also said to be slipping away and taking refuge in Turkey.

Fighters warning of the danger of mines

On the southern front where there are fierce clashes, one end of the front is where the Aleppo road crosses the Euphrates and the other is the Turkish border. YPG/YPJ fighters and expert teams are removing mines laid by ISIS, but many villagers returning to their homes have been killed by bombs left in fridges or behind doors. In the town of Serrin, where ISIS has tried to incite Arab nationalism, 85 per cent of the population is said to want democracy. The YPG/YPJ wishes to take the town as soon as possible.

In Kobanê canton the YPG/YPJ fighters control a large area. Even in areas where there is intensive warfare, new recruits are given professional military training in addition to theoretical and academic education.

Here are some photographs of YPG/YPJ fighters at the front where they are engaged in protecting the peoples of the Middle East from ISIS gangs….