36 members of ISIS gangs were killed in the resistance against ISIS attacks in Kobanê and Cizîrê cantons of West Kurdistan, Rojava.

YPG Press Centre said that heavy clashes on the western boundaries of the Cizîrê Canton continued since the ISIS attacks on 23 February.

According to the statement, gang groups that are continuing their attacks on the Xerîta bridge between Hasekê and Til Temir since 8 April intensified their attacks on the area throughout yesterday. The three major attacks launched by the gangs were repelled by YPG/YPJ (People's/Women's Defense Units) who inflicted heavy losses on the gang groups in clashes.

Gangs carried out a suicide attack with a bomb-laden truck near the bridge and started their 4th attack in evening after their attacks were failed, leading up to clashes that ceaselessly continued till this morning.

YPG Press Centre reported that 25 members of the gangs were killed on a 6-km line where clashes have intensified during the past 24 hours. Airstrikes by the international coalition destroyed 4 vehicles of the gangs at separate locations.

Three fighters of the YPG/YPJ who played a major role in the repelling of attacks lose their lives fighting against the gang groups, it said.

2 other gang members were killed in an attack in which Defense Units targeted gang groups in Til Xenzir area of Serêkaniyê last night.

Recalling that the Kobanê resistance against the occupation attempt of ISIS gangs continued on the 207th day, YPG Press Centre said that the operation started by Defense Units in the southeast of Kobanê the night before continued. The villages of Çelebî and Gultepe were liberated in the wake of long and fierce clashes during the operation in which 7 gang members were killed and 4 vehicles of theirs, including two carrying dochka (anti-aircraft) weapons, were destroyed.

Clashes that have re-intensified around the village of Minîfê Kor this morning, are continuing, the statement said, adding that one fighter of the Defense Units has been martyred in the fighting in this area.

The statement reported that YPG/YPJ forces launched two separate attacks on the villages of Îqbiş and Xanê in the same region.

A military vehicle of the gangs, with militants inside, was destroyed in the Îqbiş village, while 2 members of the gangs were killed in Xanê village, YPG Press Centre added.