Military confiscates weapons cache in NW Syria
The Syrian army, backed by volunteer forces, has managed to seize a huge cache of weapons from foreign-backed terrorists in the northeast of Syria, Press TV reports.
According to reports, the fresh gain was made during a joint operation between the military and national defense forces launched in the city of Qamishli, which is near the border with Turkey in Hasakah Province.
The confiscated arms are said to have included rocket launchers and mortar shells among other ammunitions.
The development came after Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) retook more land from the ISIL terrorists in the town of Tal Tamer in the northeastern province, according to the London-based so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The YPG forces have made several territorial gains against the ISIL since liberating the Kurdish border town of Kobani in January after months of clashes with the terrorist group.
The ISIL militants, with members from several Western countries, control parts of Syria and Iraq, and have been carrying out horrific acts of violence such as public decapitations and crucifixions against all ethnic and religious communities.
Syria has been grappling with a deadly crisis since March 2011. The violence fueled by Takfiri groups has so far claimed the lives of over 222,000 people, according to the Observatory.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says over 7.2 million people have been internally displaced, and more than three million fled the country.
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