GIRE SPI, Syrian Kurdistan — Kurdish fighters from the People’s Protection Units (YPG) have entered the town of Gire Spi and recaptured parts of the settlement from ISIS jihadis in Syrian Kurdistan, also known as Rojava, inside sources told Rudaw on Sunday on condition of anonymity. According to a military source, YPG fighters are in partial control of the strategic town and it is expected to be fully liberated from ISIS within a day. Another YPG official spoke to Rudaw on condition of anonymity and claimed “many of the jihadis have already left the town, but they booby trapped the area before leaving. It may take us longer to fully recapture Gire Spi.” Gire Spi had as of late become a hub for ISIS activity in the region because of its strategic location, connecting the Kobani canton in the north with Cizire in the northeast. Kurdish forces declared autonomy in the three cantons of Afrin, Cizire and Kobani in Rojava after government forces withdrew from the area in the wake of the Syrian Civil War, now in its fifth year.
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