“They send fighters from the province of Ar-Rakka and Aleppo [its main strongholds in the north of Syria - ed.]“, Said the head of the Observatory, Rami Abdel Rahman. “They send even those people who do not have much experience of combat” – he added.
“For them it is a strategic battle – if you will take Koban, the fight against the Islamic State in Syria will last a very long time. But if they do not succeed, it will be a serious blow to their image “- said Rahman.
In his opinion from Friday, when the Islamists took the office of the General Staff of the Kurds in the north of the city, approx. kilometer from the border with Turkey, IS has not led to greater success in Koban . Jihadists control 40 percent. the city, mainly the eastern part and the districts to the south and west of the city.
for the time being repelled attacks
According to the head of the Observatory IS militants’ attack on many fronts, but then their attacks are repelled. ” He added that the Kurds, whose forces are smaller than the Islamists, fiercely defend their city.
On Saturday 36 jihadists killed in Kurdish attacks, including IS vehicles that tried to enter the Koban. That day the Islamists first tried to also come to the border with Turkey, to the north Koban, but were stopped by Kurdish militants.
Under the US-led attacks on terrorists
The International coalition of countries led by the United States conducted on Saturday evening nine attacks from the air for the purposes of IS, mainly in the east of the city. “There are dead among jihadists were also destroyed vehicles” – reported Observatory, which has a network of informants in different parts of Syria. On Saturday, the Observatory reported that since the beginning of the offensive IS nearby Koban September 16 were killed. 550 people. In the course of the offensive of the city and the surrounding area have fled approx. 300 thousand. people; 200 thousand. found refuge in neighboring Turkey.
According to the UN special envoy to Syria, Staffan de Mistury still resides in approx. 700 civilians, mostly elderly, and approx. 10-13 thousand. gathered at the border with Turkey. If the city is occupied by the Islamists, there will probably massacre – he warned.
Koban is of strategic importance because of its location – earning them, the Islamists have direct access to their provinces occupied Aleppo and Ar-Rakka on eastern Syria, and would control the 400-kilometer stretch of the nearly. 900 km Syrian-Turkish border.
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