SDF: advances in Hajin axes , continuing clashes

NEWS DESK

On Wednesday morning ,The Media Center of the Syrian Democratic Forces SDF released a written statement,revealing the results of military operations in the "Battle to defeat terrorism" during the past 24 hours.

1- Al-Bagouz axis: SDF 's fighters advanced towards the points and positions of terrorists in this axis, and the clashes erupted for hours, an unspecified number of Islamic State' gangs elemants have been killed and injured ,And seized a number of military equipment and quantities of ammunition, including a booby-trapped vehicle prepared for detonation, As a result, the terrorists launched attacks by shelling our forces' points with mortars and artillery and from afar, But did not cause any damage among our fighters.

Mortar shelling continued into the evening, amid attempts by the terrorist organization to retake the initiative to launch a counter-attack, but all its attempts failed in the wake of our fighters' vigilance.

The clashes have been still on going intermittently from time to time, Interspersed with mutual mortar shelling till the  moment this report

The International Alliance aircraft also carried out a number of air strikes on terrorist positions and fortifications, resulting in the deaths of a number of them,we had no precise information was obtained about their numbers, inflicting heavy losses between them .

The military engineering teams of our forces dismantled a number of mines planted by the terrorist organization, and detonated some of them.

2- Hajin town 's axis: clashes erupted between SDF's fighters and Islamic State's gangs' elements, in which terrorists used all types of weapons ,Our fighters SDF have made progress on this axis and have been able to destroy the fortifications of terrorists, After they detonated and dismantled the mines planted by the terrorist organization in the area, and our fighters also found a number of weapons and military equipment, Including explosive belts, in conjunction with the International Alliance aircraft launched a number of air raids on terrorist sites.

The clashes have been still on going intermittently from time to time, till the moment of the outcome.

The final outcome of the clashes:

8 mecenaries have been killed

- Terrorist casualties: destruction of 24 terrorist sites, destruction of 3 mortar shells, 3 military roads was cut it used by terrorists, 1 bulldozer destruction, destruction of the Banco 1 .

- Weapons and equipment seized by our fighters: mortar number / 18 /, booby-trapped vehicle number / 1 /, explosive belt number / 1 /, as well as dismantling a number of explosive Devices.

- Number of strikes by the international coalition: 35 / strike.

The Meida center of Syrian Democratic Forces .

12 December 2018

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ANHA