Manbij west of Euphrates witnesses a new targeting of fighters of the forces controlling the area within the context of spreading chaos and insecurity
Aleppo Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the Syrian Observatory monitored before midnight of yesterday, the 22nd of February 2019, targeting by unknown gunmen for a patrol of Manbij Military Council at Shwiha Road north of Manbij city, which is under the control of the Syria Democratic Forces in the northeastern sector of Aleppo countryside, which injured 2 of the Manbij Military Council, and the Syrian Observatory published on the 5th of February 2019 that an explosion was heard this morning in Manbij city in the northeastern countryside of Aleppo, which is controlled by Manbij Military Council, it was caused by an explosive device in the city on Jarabulus road, which caused material damage but no information about casualties, and the explosion comes as part of a series of bombings that target Manbij and Syria Democratic Forces, and is considered the 4th bombing that hit Manbij city since the suicide bombing of the 16th of January 2019, where an explosion was heard this morning, Saturday, the second of February 2018, at Manbij city in the northeastern countryside of Aleppo city, where the Syrian Observatory monitored an explosive of an IED in a car belongs to the education authority in the city on al-Sa’en road, and near al-Shuhada’a cemetery in Manbij, which killed a person and injured 2 others, one of whom was severely injured, and this targeting comes within the escalation of assassinations, bombings, and attempted killings by cells some of which loyal to Turkey and others belongs to the “Islamic State” Organization operating in Manbij area, which is controlled by the Manbij Military Council, and this comes hours after a violent explosion occurred on the evening of yesterday Friday, the 1st of February 2019, that a violent explosion rocked Manbij city in the north-eastern sector of Aleppo countryside, today evening the 1st of February 2019, it turned out that it was caused by the explosion of a high-explosive IED in the city, and in the detains obtained by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights; a high-explosive IED was detonated remotely, today evening near the house of the chief of Manbij Military Council’s forces affiliated to the Syria Democratic Forces, where the IED was detonating while the vehicle of a commander in Manbij Military Council was passing, and reliable sources informed the Syrian Observatory form Human Rights that the chief of Manbij Military Council was not at home at the time when the explosion took place, where he has left his house since the bombings and targeting operations started to escalate in Manbij, while the violent explosion resulted in the fall of injuries as well as causing material damage, the SOHR also monitored the flight of warplanes of the International Coalition over the area directly after the explosion, and the Syrian Observatory published on the 29th of January 2019, that an explosion was heard in Manbij city which is controlled by Manbij Military Council in the northeastern sector of Aleppo countryside, caused by a bombing targeted a military car belongs to the civil council near al-Shuhada’a Cemetery in the city, which caused material damage and seriously injured the driver, where this is the first bombing that targets the city after the suicide bombing in Manbij city which killed 19 people including 4 of the International Coalition, while the Syrian Observatory published on the 25th of January 2019 that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that engineering members of the Syria Democratic Forces had dismantled several mines that were prepared and equipped to blow up in the strategic bridge of al-Qaraqozaq, which connects the banks of Euphrates River near Manbij area in the northeastern sector of Aleppo countryside, where all the mines have been dismantled except for one which is now being dismantled, and the Syrian Observatory published on the 18th of January 2018 that Syrian Observatory for Human Rights obtained information from several reliable sources about the findings of the follow-up operations on the bombing that took place in Manbij city, on the 16th of January 2019, and in the details obtained by the Syrian Observatory: the person who appeared in the video of surveillance cameras in the vicinity of al-Omaraa restaurant -where the explosion took place-, took a woman to the restaurant and left her to detonate herself less than a minute before fleeing from the bombing site, the explosion killed 4 members of the International Coalition and 5 of their escorts, in addition to 10 other civilians from the city’s residents.
And the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on the 12th of January 2019, that a violent explosion rocked Manbij city that is under the control of Manbij Military Council, it turned out that it was caused by an explosion in a vehicle of the Internal Security Forces affiliated to the security of the city’s checkpoints, where the reliable sources confirmed to the Syrian Observatory that the explosion, that took place near the city’s cemetery, resulted in killing 2 members of the Internal Security Forces, as well as the injury of others, and this explosion was coincided with a crowd of the “casualties’ families” in Manbij, in order to condemn the Turkish threat of implementing a military operation in the area and to call on the International Community to establish a no-fly zone in the Syrian North, amid calls on the International Community to move and prevent the scenario of Afrin from being repeated in Manbij, and this explosion comes about 4 days after an explosion in Manbij area, within the north-eastern sector of Aleppo countryside, in the controlled areas of the forces of Manbij Military Council and Jaysh al-Thowwar, it was caused by the explosion of an IED planted by unidentified gunmen in an area within an olive field east of Manbij city, which injured a person, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on the 26th of December 2018, that it monitored a violent explosion in Manbij city, in the northeastern sector of Aleppo countryside, intersected sources confirmed that it was caused by an explosive device planted in a car in the city, which is controlled by forces of Manbij Military Council and the US forces are present there, which caused material damage and injured a person seriously injured, where this is the first explosion that hits the area after the US decision to withdraw.
And the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on the 24th of November 2018, that the sounds of at least 3 explosions were heard in Manbij city and its outskirts, which is under the control of the forces of Manbij Military Council, in the north-eastern sector of Aleppo countryside, without information so far about whether the explosions were caused by detonating IEDs or caused by other circumstances, amid the flight of American warplanes over the city and its countryside, and the Syrian Observatory published on the 20th of November 2018, that an explosion was heard today, caused by a mine explosion on the 30th Street in Manbij city, which is controlled by Manbij Military Council and in which forces from the Coalition are present, where reliable sources confirmed that the explosion killed a member of the internal security forces and wounded another. This explosion came two weeks after a similar explosion, where the Syrian Observatory published on the 6th of November 2018 that the Syrian Observatory monitored the explosion on the morning of the 6th of November 2018, hit Manbij city in the northeastern sector of Aleppo countryside, which is controlled by the International Coalition Forces and Manbij Military Council, and the Syrian Observatory learned that the explosion took place near al-Sabea’ Bahrat roundabout, as a result of an explosive device planted in a car, which killing of at least one person, and this explosion comes 5 days after the start of joint patrols between the Turkish and American forces in the area located at the line dividing between areas of Manbij Military Council in Manbij, and between areas of control of the Turkish Forces and forces of “Euphrates Shield” Operation Forces, which is at least 5 km wide, also the Syrian Observatory learned that the American Forces prevented recording video or taking pictures within the area where the patrols were started, these joint patrols come amid hours of continuous flight of International Coalition warplanes in the sky of Manbij city, which is under the control of Manbij Military Council in the northeastern countryside of Aleppo.
The Syrian Observatory published about 72 hours ago, that the situation in Manbij area is still between a cautious calm, anticipation of a full stability, and daily tensions through targeting Manbij area, the latest of which was what monitored by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights during the last hours of the night, of continued targeting by factions supported by Turkey with several shells, where they targeted areas in Arab Hassan village west of Manbij city, which is under the control of the Manbij Military Council and caused material damage, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on the 3rd of January 2018 that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the continuation of anticipation in Manbij area, for the situations to be completely stable in it, after the simultaneous withdrawal of forces of conflict, where reliable sources confirmed to the Syrian Observatory that the US Forces continue to run military patrols in Manbij area, while the regime forces continue to spread along the contact lines west of Manbij, between areas of control of Jaysh al-Thowwar and Manbij Military Council, and between the Turkish Forces and the rebel and Islamic factions loyal to them, amid continuous flight for warplanes of the International Coalition over Manbij area, and sometimes the pro-Turkey fighters of the “Euphrates Shield” Operation shoot on areas of presence of the forces controlling Manbij, where this anticipation comes after the withdrawal of the pro-Turkish forces for hundreds of members, pulling the regime forces for their members from the northern outskirts of Manbij, and the withdrawal of tens of opposition members of the Syria Democratic Forces, while the Syrian Observatory monitored yesterday that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored cross-fire with medium and heavy machineguns between Turkish-backed factions on one hand, and Manbij Military Council which operates under the banner of the Syria Democratic Forces on the other, in the areas of Arab Hassan and Al-Mohsenli in the countryside of Manbij city in the north-eastern countryside of Aleppo, without information about human losses, in a scene that became usual and repeated recently, while the Syrian Observatory published today morning, Thursday, that it monitored a cautious calm in Manbij area and its vicinity, at the northeastern sector of Aleppo Province in the west of Euphrates River, this continued calm comes after the simultaneous withdrawal of hundreds of pro-Turkish fighters and tens of Syria Democratic Forces fighters away of Manbij, where reliable sources confirmed that after the withdrawal the area witnessed a cautious calm between the Turkish Forces and factions loyal to them, and between the forces of the Manbij Military Council and Jaysh al-Thowwar, amid cautious anticipation of the field developments in the coming days, while the Syrian Observatory published yesterday that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights obtained information from several reliable sources that fighters of the Syria Democratic Forces withdrew from Manbij area towards the east of Euphrates River area, and in details obtained by the Syrian Observatory: about 250 fighters of the Syria Democratic Forces in Manbij city and its villages have withdrawn on board of vehicles to the eastern side of Euphrates River, while hundreds of fighters of Manbij Military Council, Jaysh al-Thowwar, and other factions of the Syria Democratic Forces are still in the area with security forces, and it is not known whether this withdrawal came within the framework of the Russian – Turkish consensus or not, while this withdrawal followed the withdrawal of hundreds of fighters from the pro-Turkey factions to areas in the vicinity of Manbij countryside area, after they were withdrawn from areas of their presence in the vicinity of the clash fronts and then transferred to barracks in the area.
The Syrian Observatory published hours ago that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights obtained information from several reliable sources on the developments in Manbij area and the northeastern countryside of Aleppo, and in the details obtained by the Syrian Observatory: the pro-Turkish the rebel and Islamic factions withdrew all the members they brought from areas of “Euphrates Shield” and “Olive Branch” in the Syrian north, which is extending from the west of Euphrates to the borders of Iskenderun, and the sources confirmed to the Syrian Observatory that withdrawing the support that recently came to the vicinity of Manbij area; took place through transferring fighters to barracks in the vicinity of Manbij countryside in the northeastern sector of Aleppo countryside, where they were secured in barracks which are schools converted to military headquarters of the al-Jaysh al-Watani (The National Army) loyal to Turkey and supported by it, while reliable sources confirmed to the Syrian Observatory that the situation on the contact lines between the Turkish Forces and the factions loyal to them; and between the forces of Manbij Military Council and Jaysh al-Thowwar, have returned to what they used to be before the announcement of alert by Turkey to launch a military operation against Manbij area.