Kurd fighters cut off ISIL key supply road to Kobani

15 Nov MHB

Kurdish forces have reportedly cut off a key route which ISIL Takfiri militants used to resupply their forces in the Syrian city of Kobani.

According to Idris Nassan, a local official in the flashpoint city, Kurdish fighters with the assistance of Iraqi Peshmerga fighters, who crossed into Kobani on October 31, managed to retake the strategic hill of Mistanour and the road that runs along the side of the hill.

The victory on November 12 was achieved after weeks of violence in the strategic city. Nassan praised the role of the Peshmerga forces in the accomplishment, saying the Iraqi Kurdish forces had been targeting ISIL positions on areas like Mistanour over the past week. "ISIS was using this road for ammunition and fighters," Nassan said, using another name for ISIL.He further noted that recent strikes on ISIL positions halted to a large extent the Takfiri group's shelling of the city.