The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Shelling on three smuggling roads | Clashes between Manbij Military Council and Turkish-backed factions in Manbij countryside

Aleppo province: SOHR activists have reported clashes and exchanged bombardment between Turkish-backed factions and SDF-backed Manbij Military Council forces on the frontlines of Sayad, Arab Hassan and Tukhar villages north western of Manbij in the eastern Aleppo countryside.

These villages are a smuggling path, where smugglers usually clash together over passage of freights.

Yesterday, reliable sources informed SOHR that clashes, with medium and heavy weapons, between SDF-led Manbij military council” and Turkish-backed factions, erupted in “Euphrates Shield” area, on the frontline of Arab Hassan village. However, no casualties were reported until now.
These clashes came as a part of ongoing attacks by Turkish forces and their proxies, Kurdish forces, Afrin Liberation Front, and military councils operating under the banner of SDF and regime forces.