The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

IS pulls back from the town of Salouk and YPG backed by rebels advance in it

IS pulled back from Salouk town north of al-Raqqa countryside after it was besieged for 48 hours by YPG backed by rebels coalition warplanes who started to scan the town for landmines, IEDs, and traps which forced them to pull back from the eastern section earlier, these advances make YPG controls wide areas of Tal Tamid countryside – Ras al-Ein southern western countryside – reaching 5 km away from Tal Abiad, amid heavy aerial bombardment by the coalition warplanes and migration of civilians from these areas into al-Raqqa.