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Syrian Democratic Forces Announce Plan to Secure Hasakah Province / Kurdish and Arab joint force will be supported by coalition jets

Basnews – 02.11.2015 16:04 – QAMISHLI – The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), “consisting of Kurds, Arabs, Assyrians and all others living in the geographical locations of Syria”, according to a statement which accompanied the announcement of its formation last month, has announced the start of an offensive that intends to eventually take the entirety of Hasakah Province back from Islamic State (IS). The group is made up of units of the Syrian Kurdish YPG and YPJ forces, the Syrian Arab Coalition and the Syriac Military Council and is backed with weapons and airstrikes from the US.

A statement from SDF command reads, “Today, we declare the first step of our military action within a plan of liberating the whole of Syria from the terrorist gangs. “On this base, we declare the start of a campaign to liberate the southern countryside of al- Hasakah with the participation of all factions of Syrian Democratic Forces and the support of US-led coalition warplanes. “Our campaign is going to continue until liberating all the occupied areas in al- Hasakah by terrorist organisation of Da’esh [IS] and until restoring security and stability to the area.”The statement went on to warn civilians to leave areas where IS has tried to use them as human shields to protect themselves from our strikes and turning you to hostages,” before adding, “Our forces are your national forces, so support and join them.” IS yesterday launched attacks in the central Syrian province of Homs, including on the Assyrian Christian town of Sadad.