ISIS street fighting intensifies in Hasaka

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Dozens of Islamic State militants were killed in alley-to-alley clashes Wednesday in the ethnically Kurdish city of Hasaka, in northern Syria, sources say. 

A Rudaw correspondent said intense clashes resumed in the Al-Nashwa district of south Hasaka at dawn between ISIS militants, the Syrian Army,  and the Kurdish forces known as the YPG, or People's Protection Units. 

"ISIS has planted bombs and landmines to halt any advance the YPG might make, but they have failed in stopping the YPG and the Syrian government forces," said the correspondent.

Fierce fighting has raged in Hasaka for many days, with the YPG recently mobilizing forces to recapture the southeastern areas of the city. Street battles are currently ongoing in some urban areas.

The Syrian military has launched air raids on ISIS leading to the deaths of several militants inside Hasaka.