Twin truck bombings by jehadis killed at least 30 Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) fighters and security officers on Monday in Syria’s northeastern town of Hasakeh, a monitoring group said.
“At least 30 members of the YPG and asayesh were killed when two Islamic State suicide bombers detonated their trucks at the northern entrance to Hasakeh,” Syrian Observatory for Human Rights chief Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP.
The IS bombers targeted two YPG positions including a training camp in Hasakeh. Control of the town is split between Kurdish forces and those loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Monday’s twin bombings came as IS fighters press their assault on the embattled Kurdish town.