The Syrian Democratic Forces wrestled control from Daesh* over the town of Dashisha located near the Iraqi border during a major offensive launched in Hasakah province on June 3, Kurdish Firat News Agency reports.
The Daesh forces were reportedly using Dashisha as a staging area after suffering a series of defeats in Syria and Iraq, and at least several of the terrorist organization’s leaders were apparently present in the town prior to the attack, the news agency adds.
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Earlier, the SDF carried out a prisoner swap with Daesh, exchanging dozens of detained Daesh jihadists, along with their wives and children, including a number of foreign nationals, for their own members who were captured by the terrorist group.
*Daesh, also known as ISIS/ISIL,IS, is a terrorist group banned in Russia and many other countries.