Securing the city center of Hesekê in Rojava, joint forces of the People’s Defense Units (YPG) and the Women’s Defense Units (YPJ), alongside fighters from the Syriac Military Council and the Al-Sanadid Military, continued Aug. 4 to conduct firm military activities around the city.

YPG Press Office said in a written statement that in southeastern Hesekê, combined Defense Units operated near a farmland along the village of Rajman which was cleansed of suspected ISIS gangs on the night of Aug 3. After violent clashes that lasted overnight, the rural location was thoroughly liberated of the ISIS occupation. There, ISIS forces casualties could not be immediately verified through initial reports.

One combatant of Defense Units who contributed a great support to the successful performance of the operation was martyred on the fields of the battle.

According to the statement, military forces of the Burkan al-Firat (Euphrates Volcano) Joint Operations Room (YPG/FSA: Free Syrian Army joint units) endure steady operations against the ISIS group near the newly-liberated town of Sırîn, southern Kobani region.

Yesterday, Aug 4, in the south of Sırîn, the Defense Units initiated a fresh movement against the gangs around the village of Milha, eliminated an ISIS element during an instant overnight assault.

Leading further security-providing procedures inside the town Sırîn, the Defense Units on Aug 4 were able to discover a small weapons cache of the ISIS gangs, including 1 PKM, 2500+ bullets, 1 RPG rocket launcher, 1 AK rifle and a number of other equipment.