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3 reported killed in north Syria car bombing
[Rudaw] Three people were killed and six were maimed in a boom-mobileing in northern Syria on Saturday, according to reports."A boom-mobile went kaboom!near a position of ’National Army’ factions on al-Rabitah Street in Manbij city in eastern Aleppo, leaving several people injured," the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) stated, referring to the Ottoman Turkish-backed militias of the Syrian National Army (SNA). The White Helmets, a volunteer search and rescue organization, said three people were killed and six were maimed in the earth-shattering kaboom, which also caused two fires. The perpetrator of the attack has not immediately been identified. The attack took place on a day of multiple festivities between Kurdish forces and militias in northern Syria. Fighting has raged between the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the SNA in northern Syria for more than a month. The SNA have carried out intense attacks on SDF-held areas near Manbij, including Tishreen Dam and Qere Qozaq bridge on the Euphrates River. Ten fighters from the SNA were killed on Saturday, according to SOHR. The Women’s Protection Units (YPJ), affiliated with the SDF, destroyed a "Ottoman Turkish army tank and radar system," the watchdog stated. An SDF drone also destroyed "a tank and an armored vehicle belonging to the Ottoman Turkish forces," the statement from SOHR added. Related: Manbij: 2025-02-01 Attack on Tishreen Dam ambulance ‘apparent war crime’: Watchdog Manbij: 2025-01-31 US military says it killed senior member of al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria airstrike Manbij: 2025-01-26 SDF says killed 9 SNA militiamen near Manbij, Wednesday SNA killed 20 Kurds at Tishreen Dam Related: Eastern Aleppo: 2024-12-19 Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) propose US-controlled demilitarised zone in northern Syria Eastern Aleppo: 2024-12-12 Syria after the collapse. What next? Eastern Aleppo: 2024-12-03 Syria rebels appear to credit Israeli strikes on Hezbollah with aiding shock advance Posted by: trailing wife 2025-02-02 |
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