SDF foiled IS attacks, killed 15 mercenaries

NEWS DESK

The media center of SDF released the outcomes of the battles and clashes ongoing within the battle to defeat terrorism during the last 24 hours in Deir ez-Zor countryside against IS mercenaries. That came through a statement published on the media center’s website, and it included,

1- Al-Baguz axis: Our fighters foiled a surprise attack launched by IS mercenaries, and that resulted in killing three terrorists whose bodies were kept at the hands of our forces after the Global Coalition’s aircrafts launched several raids on the terrorists’ sites. That was accompanied with bombing their fortifications with missiles. Moreover, three fighters of our forces got wounded during the attack.

This axis witnessed fierce clashes in which the terrorists used heavy weapons and SPG9 shells. The battles resulted in wounding one of our fighters and martyring another.

2- Hejin axis: Our forces continue to install other points in this axis. During establishing the earth mounds, a land mine planted by the terrorists blasted in the area which resulted in wounding two fighters.

3- Al-Behra axis: This axis witnessed fierce clashes between our forces and IS terrorists after the latter tried to surprise our forces with armored vehicles and booby-trapped cars, but our forces repelled the attack and foiled it while the terrorists fled. In the result of the attack, one of our fighters martyred and another one got wounded.

4- The clashes’ outcome:

The number of the terrorists’ killed: 15 terrorists.

The Global Coalition’s strikes: 11 aerial strikes.

The terrorists’ losses: 5 sites and buildings where the terrorists used to fortify in were destroyed.

The weapons seized by our fighters: GPS devise.

The number of our fighters’ martyrs: 2 martyrs.

The number of our fighters’ wounded: 7 wounded.

D.H