IS seizes Syria villages from US-backed fighters: monitor

June 20, 2016 20:58

The Islamic State group launched a surprise assault today near its besieged stronghold in northern Syria, killing residents of two villages it recaptured from US-backed fighters, a monitor said.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said IS had dispatched a small group of jihadists -- including one driving an explosives-laden car -- into villages southeast of their bastion of Manbij.

The villages had been seized in recent weeks by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces in their push for Manbij.

"IS is trying to defend Manbij by sending fighters from outside the town to attack the SDF in these villages," said Rami Abdel Rahman, the director of the Britain-based Observatory.

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