Large amounts of weapons and ammunition has been seized in the Hydroelectric Dam area where clashes were focused after the SDF fighters took Tabqa town center under control. Turkish-made weapons were found among the weapons seized from ISIS while NATO ammunition was also present.

Among the seized military equipment were the ISIS classic, M72 LAW anti-tank missiles manufactured in MKE Barutsan Rockets and Explosives Factory. Newly seized equipment also includes NATO-origin weapons and ammunition belts of the same guns.

NATO-origin weapons are thought to have been given to ISIS by the Turkish state.

The seized weapons and equipment are as follows:

1 Hummer armored vehicle, 1 Reo military vehicle, 1 Ford brand pick-up truck, 1 B-7 LAW, 1 120mm mortar and its ramp, 1 Kalashnikov and 4 boxes of rounds, 1 Katyusha multiple rocket launcher and 76 rockets, 2 handmade assassin’s weapons (one of them 23 mm), 2 mortar scopes and 2 mortar scales, 100 Howitzer rounds, 1 82mm mortar ramp, 1 sack of BCK rounds, 2 digital Hytera radios, 1 box of 27 mm DHSK rounds, 1 missile ramp, 20 120mm mortar rounds, 26 60mm mortar rounds, 1 sack of mortar capsules, 1 Sony brand video camera, 1 laptop computer, 1 telephone and some gang documents were seized by the fighters.