The
Kurdish-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Thursday cut a
strategic supply line for the IS between Syria's northern province of
al-Raqqa and the Iraqi city of Mosul, a monitor group reported.
The SDF cut
the IS strategic supply line in the city of Shadadi in Syria's
northeastern province of al-Hasakah. The road connects al-Raqqa, the
de facto capital of the terror group with its stronghold in Iraq's
northern city of Mosul, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The SDF
progress in the northeastern province of al-Hasakah, namely the
vicinity of the city of Shadadi has enabled them to cut the supply
line between Shadadi and Mosul and Shadadi-al-Raqqa.
The UK-based
watchdog group said the SDF captured on Thursday eight towns from the
IS in al-Hasakah, adding that the IS fear of losing Shadadi pushed
them to move their families from Shadadi to Syria's eastern province
of Deir al-Zour, where the enjoy a considerable sway.
The SDF,
which is supported by the airstrikes of the U.S.-led anti-terror
coalition and the People's Protection Units (YPG), has been making
notable gains in al-Hasakah, and the northern Aleppo province, near
Turkey.
Dismayed
with the advance of the Kurds near its borders, Turkey continuously
shelled the Kurdish areas in northern Syria over the past 48 hours,
Kurdish sources said.
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