YPG Press Office said that following a deciding campaign on its 43rd uninterrupted day, combined forces of the People’s / Women’s Defense Units (YPG / YPJ), alongside fighters from the Burkan al-Firat (Euphrates Volcano) Joint Operations Room from both Kobanê and Cizîrê (Jazira) Cantons continue to maintain and advance a major move against ISIS terrorist group around the city of Girê Spî (Tal Abyad).

YPG said their forces since the evening of yesterday, June 17, from the town of Silûk and nearby are advancing from two axis towards the south. An operation has been commenced there to secure and take initiative for the two roads from Raqqa and Ayn Isa to Canton Cizîrê; this advance is to be continued. Within the past 24 hours, the villages of Sekhra, Khazuga, Til Tewîla, Ca'fer, Bîr Etîyê, Genterî, Tirwazîye, 15 more villages with undisclosed names and a power boost center on the International Road have been effectively liberated from Daesh terrorists.

In Nevala Hutê area, 12 kilometers to the south of the town Silûk, our troops could discover and capture control of a huge pit that Daesh terrorists in their execution videos threw civilians in after brutally killing them.

The attacks in the past 24 hours have led to the killing of at least 25 ISIS fighters, YPG Press Office said.

YPG said Noted military operations were conducted as part of Phase II Operation Commander Rubar Qamishlo to oppose, reject and eliminate ISIS gangs and their threats on Kobanê and Cizîrê regions, Rojava – and they are to endure in force.