Explosion rocks near prison in Syria’s Manbij

An explosive device went off near a prison in Syria’s northern city of Manbij Tuesday, the latest in a string of bombings in that Kurdish-controlled city, activists said.

The bomb went off near the central prison of Manbij, which is controlled by the Kurdish-led Manbij Military Council (MMC) in the northern countryside of Aleppo province, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

The Britain-based watchdog group said the bomb left damage only.

The explosion is the latest in a string of bombings targeting Manbij, located in the northeastern countryside of Aleppo province.

Last month, two explosions rocked Manbij, targeting military patrols of the U.S.-led coalition.

American soldiers were among those killed in the bombings that were claimed by the Islamic State (IS).

The United States has a military presence in Syria, mainly in Kurdish-controlled areas in northern and northeastern Syria.

The U.S.-led coalition is engaged in an operation to drive out the IS militants from their last stronghold in the eastern Euphrates region in eastern Syria.

The U.S. President Donald Trump said in December of 2018 that he decided to withdraw U.S. forces from Syria.

Source: Explosion rocks near prison in Syria’s Manbij – Xinhua | English.news.cn