Heavy fighting over the outskirts of the Kurdish town of Ayn al-Arab continued once again into the night, capping off three weeks of fights that have seen hundreds of villages in thew region fall to ISIS.
The latest day of heavy fighting centered around Mistanour, a hill on the outskirts of town seen as of extremely important strategic value in the battle. Backed by US airstrikes and even a suicide attack, the Kurds did not appear to have successfully pushed the ISIS fighters back, and they took parts of the city already.
Kurdish leaders say that their fighters still hold the high ground, but that the top of the hill is getting pounded by US-made tanks and artillery which ISIS looted during its Iraq offensive.
Some of that fire also strayed across the border into neighboring Turkey, where a house was hit by an unspecified “projectile.” Five civilians were wounded in the incident, but none seriously.
Ankara, Erdogan government could take out ISIS not only from this town, but the regime could help the Kurdish people with all and every needs they have for continue fighting these barbarian wherever they are from, is just that Erdogan is busy making deals with EU, NATO, USG, Saudis, Qatari and every others that are for ISIS to stay. Erdogan regime looking for guarantees from USG and NATO in removing the legitimate syrian government, which, among other, is the reason for Erdogan not acting against these barbarians.
Several internet reports of U.S. helicopter gunships and crews engaged in combat west of Baghdad to protect American advisers and support personnel around Abu Garib including the military airport there.