A fighter of  Shingal´s Resistance Unit YBS , an Ezidi defense force which was initiated by the Kurdish YPG, told ezidiPress that ISIS terrorists tried to take the two villages Dugure and Zorava today north of Mount Sinjar.

YBS fighters in the Kurdish enclaves of Syria
YBS fighters in the Kurdish enclaves of Syria

Fighters of the Yezidi Protection Unit led by Qasim Shesho were also involved in the clashes.

After hours of fightings, the YBS managed to repel the terrorists´ offensive and put them to rout. Several vehicles of the terrorists were destroyed, the occupants were killed. No casualties were reported among the Ezidi forces, however, one fighter was slightly injured through a graze shot.

A YPU fighter reported that four Humvees as well as six non-armored vehicles of the terrorists were destroyed in total during the clashes in Zorava. With the offensive on Dugure ISIS tried to disconnect the Ezidi fighters from their supply line to Rabia.

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