Syrian Kurdish forces regained full control of Tal Abyad on Wednesday, expelling militants of ISIL, the Takfiri group, a monitor said.

Syrian Kurdish forces regained full control of Tal Abyad on Wednesday, expelling militants of ISIL, the Takfiri group, a monitor said.

"Kurdish fighters expelled ISIL from the Mashur al-Fawqani district that they had captured yesterday (Tuesday)," said Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

He said at least three fighters of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) and four ISIL Takfiris  were killed in clashes on Wednesday.

YPG spokesman Redur Khalil confirmed that the town had been secured.
"The Daesh group that entered the Mashur al-Fawqani district... was eliminated completely and expelled from the area," he told AFP, using an Arabic acronym for ISIL.

He said three ISIL militants had been killed in the fighting, and a fourth died detonating an explosive belt.

Tal Abyad, on the border with Turkey, was formerly an ISIL stronghold and served as a key conduit for the group to smuggle weapons and terrorists, and export black market oil.

But just over two weeks ago, Kurdish forces seized the town from the extremist group.

ISIL terrorists launched a surprise attack against the town on Tuesday, overrunning the Mashur al-Fawqani district in heavy fighting.

But by late Wednesday morning, the town was back under full Kurdish control, the Observatory said.