SDF: IS mercenaries received new painful blows

SDF's media center revealed the outcome of the clashes and battles in the "Battle to Defeat Terrorism" during the past 24 hours, confirming the liberation of al-Bagouz al-Fawqani completely and sweeping the areas and the seizure of quantities of weapons and ammunition.

21 September, 2018 14:25

The text of the statement:

1 - Al-Bagouz Al-Fawqani axis: After more than three days of fighting, our fighters liberated the entire Bagouz al-Fawqani town.

After the liberation process, our forces began to sweep the areas close to their fixed positions. During the sweeping, the fighters found a 120mm mortar, which was mined and detonated by the fighters. As a result, terrorists fired several mortar shells at close proximity to our fighters, causing little damage. Our forces shelled their positions with rockets.

There were intensive movements of terrorists in this area, after the liberation of the town by our fighters. They bombed our fighters 'points with mortars. After that 4 terrorists attempted to infiltrate our fighters' points, but they resisted them, forcing the terrorists to retreat. While coalition aircraft raided their positions, killing the four terrorists.

Our forces continued to advance amid violent clashes with terrorists, supported by coalition aircraft, killing 6 terrorists in raids targeting their positions. In the course of their advance, our fighters found P.K.C weapon / number / 1 / and weapons / B7 /, in addition to / 5 / bodies of IS .

2 - Hajin axis: Our fighters advanced in this axis, a distance of / 2 / km, and combed the entire area they liberated and the trenching of tunnels and our forces installed / 15 points, in addition to they seized a Kalashnikov rifle. As our fighters advanced, a mine planted by the terrorists exploded, wounding five fighters and 1 fighter was martyred.

3 - The clashes' outcome on all axes:

- The number of killed terrorists: 10 / terrorists, in addition to 5 bodies of IS .

-Air strikes: 5 strikes.

- The installed points: / 15 / points.

- Weapons seized: Kalashnikov rifle number / 1 / P. K. C weapon, number / 1 / and / B7 / weapon.

- Number of terrorist sites which were destroyed: 3 sites.

- Number of mines which were exploded: 4 mines.

- Number of wounded fighters: 5 wounded.

- Number of martyrs:1 martyr.

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