ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Three people were killed and six were injured in a car bombing in northern Syria on Saturday, according to reports. “A car bomb exploded 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 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 injured in the explosion, which also caused two fires. The perpetrator of the attack has not immediately been identified. The attack took place on a day of multiple clashes 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 “Turkish army tank and radar system,” the watchdog stated. An SDF drone also destroyed “a tank and an armored vehicle belonging to the Turkish forces,” the statement from SOHR added.
