Female Kurdish Fighter Suicide Bombs ISIS, Killing 10
Attacker Was Commander of Female YPG Unit
A female fighter from the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) has launched an unprecedented suicide attack against ISIS fighters on the outskirts of the town of Ayn al-Arab.
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the attack killed a number of ISIS fighters, and later reports put the toll at at least 10 ISIS fighters killed. The attacker was said to be the leader of an all-female YPG unit.
Weeks of fighting for Ayn al-Arab have put ISIS on the outskirts of the key Kurdish border town, and have the Kurds increasingly desperate in trying to turn to the tide.
The YPG militias have dominated the Syrian Kurdish territories throughout the civil war, fighting against ISIS along the frontier. It is unclear if this new suicide bombing represents a shift in tactics or is an isolated incident.
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Mojo
October 5th, 2014 at 9:16 pm
People strugel in the end will win over these barbarians, they fight for their existent, ISIS is looking to extend the Saudis stone age regime; therefore, they are mercenaries, therefore they don't have any respect for humanity,. Whatever, by whomever and whenever happens to ISIS is for them to have it coming.
persnipoles
October 5th, 2014 at 9:42 pm
A little strange that a suicide attacker was someone with rank…commanding rank. Don't know if the desperation part explains that.
maximilliangc
October 6th, 2014 at 4:47 am
Reads like ISIS got a little taste of their own medicine.
rybo1
October 6th, 2014 at 7:47 am
Where's John Wayne when we need him?
Chris Mallory
October 6th, 2014 at 8:05 am
Since she was a Kurd bombing ISIS, will Fox News call her a "homicide" bomber?