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Villages in Manbij hit with 25 Turkish shells, 5 kids kaboomed by leftover ISIS mine
2022-03-02


MANBIJ, Syria (North Press) – Since Monday morning, the Turkish forces have intensively bombed the villages on the the front lines between the military forces of Manbij and the Turkish-backed opposition factions.

” More than 25 Turkish shells hit the villages of the front lines,” the media center of the Manbij Military Council said.

According to the center ” the houses of the residents in those villages were hit with the Turkish shelling.”

From the two bases of al-Hoshariya, north of Manbij and Sheikh Nasser, northwest of the city, the Turkish forces bombed the villages of Aoun al-Dadat and al-Tokhar, north of Manbij and the villages of al-Yalanli and Quart Wiran northwest of the city, according to the media center.

Aoun al-Dadat crossing, north of Manbij, was also targeted by snipers and a person from the village of al-Tokhar Al-Kabir was wounded to varying degrees.

“The Turkish bombardment is a flagrant violation of international laws and agreements signed between Turkey and Russia in 2019, which stipulated a ceasefire on all front lines between the Manbij Military Council and the pro-Turkish factions,” according to the center.



MANBIJ, Syria (North Press) – On Tuesday, two children lost their lives and three others were wounded when a landmine left behind by ISIS blew up while grazing sheep in al-Jarad village in the northwestern countryside of Manbij.

“Both Luay Sabri al-Jarad (13 years old) and Muhammad bin Awad al-Jarad (12 years old) lost their lives immediately after the mine exploded, while Khalid al-Jarad (18 years old), Hassan al-Jarad (17 years old) and Laith al-Jarad (16 years old) ) sustained various injuries and were subsequently transported to Dar Al Shifa Hospital in the city of Manbij,” one of the children’s relatives said.

“The three injured children had shrapnel in separate areas of their bodies. They were given first aid and they are in good condition now,” a medical source at Dar al-Shifa Hospital told North Press.

On the thirteenth of last November 13, a man lost his life when landmine exploded in his tractor while plowing his land in the village of Qart Wiran northwest of Manbij.
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