Security chaos in Turkish-controlled areas | Little girl found dead in refugee camp in northern Aleppo, while unknown gunmen open fire on activist in Afrin

Aleppo Province – Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: SOHR sources say that a little displaced girl from Tel Rifaat city was found dead in Saju camp, near the Syria-Turkey border in the northern countryside of Aleppo. Meanwhile, the circumstances of this murder remained unknown.

 

On the other hand, a media activist has survived an assassination attempt, as unknown gunmen opened fire on him in Afrin city, while he was on his way home.

 

On February 16, SOHR activists reported hearing a loud explosion in Afrin city, which is under the control of Turkish forces and their proxy factions in north Aleppo countryside. The explosion was caused by the detonation of an IED in a car in Al-Mahmoudiyah neighbourhood, which injured a person seriously.

 

SOHR sources reported earlier that day a violent explosion in Al-Bab city, which is controlled by Turkish forces and proxy factions in the east Aleppo countryside, caused by an IED exploded in a van near al-Centre roundabout at al-Nasr mosque in al-Bab city centre. The explosion killed one person and injured the van’s driver with three other people who were near the site of the explosion.