YPG Press Centre has released a statement providing information about the ongoing clashes with ISIS gangs in Cizîrê and Kobanê cantons of West Kurdistan, Rojava.

Attack on gang groups in Menacir village

The statement said that clashes between ISIS gangs and YPG/YPJ (People's/Women's Defense Units) are going on in the west of the Cizîrê Canton. An attack launched by YPG/YPJ targeted a convoy of the gangs en route near the village of Menacir in Til Temir last night. A military vehicle of the gangs was destroyed and one member of theirs was killed in the attack.

YPG Press Centre reported that ISIS gangs have launched a fresh wave of attacks on and around the village of Xerîta, which is located between Til Temir and Heseke, early this morning. Heavy clashes erupted upon the immediate response of Defense Units, and are still continuing, the statement said.

Kobanê resistance in its 205th day

Stating that the Kobanê resistance continued in its 205th day, YPG Press Centre said that Defense Units carried out an operation against some ISIS-held areas in southeast Kobanê. The operation in which strategic hills between the villages of Xweydankê and Derfilît were targeted, has accomplished and the targeted area was cleansed of ISIS gangs and liberated, the statement said.

18 members of ISIS groups were killed in clashes in this area, the statement said, also reporting that a fighter of the Defense Units who played a major role in the accomplishment of the operation has been martyred.

According to the statement, ISIS gangs have launched a new wave of attacks on Girêk and Norellî villages, and Dicle road control point in south Kobanê earlier today. While the attacks of the gangs have been repelled following fierce clashes, Defense Units have started an operation against the gang groups that are now resorting to further attacks with heavy artillery and mortar shells at some points in the mentioned region.