6 US-Backed SDF Militants Killed, 11 Wounded by Unknown Assailants in Raqqa

TEHRAN (defapress)- An attack by unidentified assailants on the Syrian Democratic Forces left several SDF members dead and wounded in Raqqa.

News ID: 74850

Date: 08 January 2019 - 16:17

Media activists in Raqqa reported that the assailants exploded a bomb in a military headquarters of the Kurdish forces near the Arabic School in Raqqa city center, killing six SDF militants and injuring eight more.

Meantime, some battlefield sources said that the attack has been carried out by the ISIL.

In another attack a roadside bomb hit the SDF forces in al-Kantari-Solouk Road in Northern Raqqa which resulted in the death of a SDF member and injury of several others.

The Turkish army also targeted a patrol car of the Kurdish forces near Nas-Tal village in Northern Raqqa near Turkish border. There is yet no report on the number of casualties among the SDF forces.

In a relevant development on Sunday, media reports said that the Syrian Democratic Forces retreated from a region in Eastern Deir Ezzur after residents protested against the SDF's presence in that area.

The SDF forces withdrew from the village of al-Kashkiyeh in Southeastern Deir Ezzur, the Arabic-language al-Manar news website reported.

It noted that local people objected to SDF's presence in Deir Ezzur and the death of a number of civilians in a recent US airstrike and SDF's attacks on a house in the region.

Meantime, battlefield sources in Eastern Syria said that a new agreement has been reached between SDF and ISIL on the dispatch of convoys comprising foodstuff and medical supplies to the regions under ISIL's control in Eastern Deir Ezzur.

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