The fighters of Manbij Military Council, affiliated to the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), repelled ISIL's large-scale attacks to lift the SDF's siege on the terrorist-held town of Manbij, forcing them to leave the battlefield. The ISIL terrorists struck the SDF strongholds near the recently-liberated village of Arimeh, Owseh Jeli, Towq al-Khalil, Mohtareq al-Kabireh, Qor'at al-Kabireh and al-Saghireh, Qor'eh, Jubb al-Ashreh, Khirbet Ashreh, Khirbet al-Rous, Naimeh, and Jubb al-Sheikh in Western bank of Euphrates river to open a way towards Manbij and save their under the siege comrades in the town, but the Kurdish-led SDF fighter did not allow them to advance. The ISIL terrorists came from Jarabulus, al-Bab and Maskaneh in Northeastern Aleppo. The ISIL terrorist, who face strong defense of the SDF fighters, left behind scores of the dead and wounded members and fled the battles without any result. Sporadic clashes are now underway in the Manbij region. Sources said on Monday that ISIL set up more checkpoints across the besieged town of Manbij to stop people from escaping the town, adding that the terrorist group has killed the entire members of a family fleeing the war-torn town. "A five-member family was stopped by one of the flying checkpoints of the ISIL on al-Jazeereh road and were shot dead right on the spot on charge of leaving Manbij," the sources said, adding, "One of the family members was badly sick and needed to be cured in a hospital, but the ISIL did not pay any attention to this matter and killed all them even the children and women."
