The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) inched closer to Manbij and they are now very close to entering the town in Northern Aleppo province. "The Kurdish-led SDF are only six kilometers away from Manbij town," the Arabic-language media outlets quoted local sources as saying on Wednesday. The Kurdish fighter seized back the village of Mushifra which is only six kilometer from Manbij. Scores of ISIL militants have been killed or wounded in heavy clashes with the SDF. Meantime, the local sources announced that the ISIL has transferred its prisoners to the town of al-Bab in Eastern Aleppo from Manbij. Earlier on Wednesday, the sources announced that ISIL Takfiri terrorists were fleeing Manbij as the SDF were very close to the town. "The ISIL terrorists are escaping toward al-Bab with their heavy military equipment as the clashes will be spread to inside Manbij town in less than 24 hours," local sources told FNA. The sources said that the SDF forces are now less than two kilometers from Manbij. On Tuesday, the Syrian Democratic Forces seized back a strategic village, and killed over three dozen Takfiri terrorists. The SDF forces took full control of the village of Fares Saqir to the East of Manbij. At least 40 ISIL terrorists were killed in tough battle with the Kurdish fighter in the countryside of Manbij. Meantime, the Syrian Democratic Forces continued to hit the ISIL positions near the strategic Tishrin dam and in a border region with Turkey and captured more villages in Northeastern Aleppo. The SDF stormed the ISIL lines of defense near Tishrin dam and captured two villages of Fares al-Kabir and al-Mohadetheh, which also ended in the killing or wounding of scores of the terrorists. The SDF combatants also forced the ISIL to pull its forces back from the villages of al-Bowyer, Bourkij, Mazra'ah and Wajab al-Kalb in Qarah Qouzan region near Manbij, which also left at least 26 militants dead and many more injured. The SDF also clashed with the ISIL near the village of Khafasheh in Northern battlefield of Tishrin dam and freed the village. Reports said earlier on Tuesday that the fighters of Manbij Military Council, affiliated to the SDF, hit the terrorist groups' positions hard near the Northeastern border of Aleppo province with Turkey and captured two more villages. The SDF fighters continued to advance along the road connecting Manbij to the border town of Jarabulus in Qarah Qouzan battlefield and liberated the village of Khirbet Ayoush seven kilometers to the East of Manbij. The SDF fighters also stormed the Takfiri terrorists' defense lines near the villages of Majra al-Nahr al-Tahtani near Jarabulus river and freed it in hours of non-stop battle.
