Syria: Kurdish forces launch an operation against ISIS in the North

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The Syrian Democratic Forces, supported by the United States in their fight against terrorist groups, launched an operation against the Islamic State terrorist group on Thursday (December 29th) after a sharp upsurge in jihadist attacks in northern and northeastern Syria. .

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The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH) reports that at least five people, including two women suspected of having links with the Islamic State (IS) group, were arrested on Thursday in Raqqa, in the north of Syria.

On the same day, the jihadists carried out at least two attacks against patrols of Kurdish forces.

The operation against the Islamic State group comes three days after a deadly attack on the headquarters of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Raqqa.

A state of emergency and a curfew have been declared there.

More than 200 actions against the FDS since the beginning of the year

The SDF want to " 

 ", indicates a press release from the Kurdish forces.

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 " against the

, where more than 50,000 relatives of jihadists are detained, and in the regions of Hassaké and Deir Ezzor, in the east.

The OSDH has counted, since the beginning of the year, more than 200 actions carried out by IS fighters against the SDF in the Kurdish autonomous regions.

These attacks left 150 dead, including more than 50 civilians, in addition to the 500 dead who died during the attack on a

last January.

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