📰 SDF downs drones, strikes ISIS positions in Raqqa countryside

QAMISHLI, attack-on-joint-patrol-in-central-syria/" class="smart-internal-link" title="📰 U.S. Envoy condemns attack on joint patrol in central Syria">central-syria/" class="smart-internal-link" title="📰 SDF offers condolences for U.S. soldiers killed in central Syria">syria/" class="auto-internal-link">syria (North Press) – The Media Center of the syrian Democratic troops (sdf) stated early Thursday that their troops are targeting multiple locations used by the Islamic State (ISIS) in the eastern countryside of Raqqa, northern Syria, from which drones were being launched toward SDF positions. “Our forces within the Syrian Democratic Forces are engaging several sites that ISIS terrorists directly used to launch unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) toward our positions in the Ghanem al-Ali desert east of Raqqa,” the statement stated. Moreover, “During the current week, the area has been subjected to a series of attacks by factions affiliated with the Damascus administration, coinciding with ISIS activity, as the organization effectively used those same locations to carry out its terrorist assaults,” the statement added.

In fact, the SDF verified that it continues field operations aimed at disrupting the sources of attacks on its positions. A few hours earlier, the SDF Media Center declared the downing of two drones in the same area. “Our forces have released documented footage clearly showing ISIS’s use of these points as drone-launch bases, confirming direct coordination between multiple Damascus-administration factions and ISIS terrorists in targeting our armed forces positions and endangering the security of the region. ” Reporting by Taysir Mohammed Editing by Jwan Shekaki