MESOPOTAMIA NEWS TODAYS KURDISTAN/SYRIA UPDATE / SDF (PKK/PYD) – ISIS & MORE
Charles ListerVerified account @Charles_Lister 20 April 2019
#pts: Reports from various sources have reported a sizable #ISIS presence in #Syria‘s Badiya for weeks. @SaraHunaidi reported recently for @ForeignPolicy that as many as 1,500 #ISIS fighters were in the desert NE of #Suwayda – according to local #Druze militias.
Charles ListerVerified account @Charles_Lister
The #SDF/#YPG destroyed a #Turkey military vehicle today in an anti-tank guided missile strike outside Azaz in northern #Aleppo – casualties unknown. In response, #Turkey shelled #SDF positions in Menagh. (via @QalaatAlMudiq & @NotWoofers)
Charles ListerVerified account @Charles_Lister
#pt: Amid #ISIS‘s reported capture of al-Kawm today, #ISIS has also been linked to at least 2 major assaults on pro-#Assad positions outside al-Sukhna in the last 3 days – some say totaling 30+ pro-regime fatalities. #Syria
Reports tonight suggest #ISIS has captured the town of al-Kawm (north of al-Sukhna, in #Syria‘s #Badiya) from the #Assad regime. A number of #ISIS operations have been reported around Kobajeb, al-Shula & NE of al-Sukhna in recent weeks.