IS captures Kurds-bound weapons in Syria’s Ayn al-Arab: activists

The Islamic State (IS) militants captured one of the weapons shipments airdropped by the United States to the Kurdish fighters of the People Protection Units (YPG) in the city of Ayn al-Arab in northern Syria, a monitoring group said Tuesday.

Two weapons shipments airdropped by the U.S. fighters landed at areas under the IS control in the vicinity of Ayn al-Arab, also known as Kabone, and one of them was captured by the IS, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, reports Xinhua.

The second arms load was likely destroyed by the U.S. war jets after being confirmed to have landed in the wrong area, said the Observatory.

Meanwhile, the IS released a video footage on Tuesday, showing one of its fighters showcasing the captured weapons near Ayn al- Arab. The weapons included grenades and RPG shells.

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