The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

About 30 casualties and injuries in a booby-trapped explosion in the local council area in Akhtarin town in the northern countryside of Aleppo

Aleppo Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: a violent explosion shook the northern countryside of Aleppo, caused by a booby-trapped explosion at the local council of the town which caused serious material damage in the explosion area inside Akhtarin town and in the local council building, which killed and injured 30 people, and until now at least 1 person is confirmed dead, and the death toll is expected to rise because there are some people in critical situation, the explosion comes more than two weeks after another explosion northeast of Aleppo, where the Syrian Observatory published on the 8th of July that 3 persons including a child were killed by a booby-trapped explosion in Qabasin town, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on the 7th of July 2018 that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored an explosion of a booby trapped vehicle during the hours of last night, which hit an area near the dispensary in Jarabulus town in the northeastern countryside of Aleppo near the Syrian – Turkish border, and local sources confirmed that the bombing targeted an area were a leader in a brigade operating in the area was present, which injured about 20 people with varying severity including 6 women and children. This bombing comes within the explosions of IEDs, booby trapped vehicles, or bombs in areas controlled by the Turkish Forces in the northeastern countryside of Aleppo.

The Syrian Observatory published 2 days ago that explosions shook Jarabulus town this morning, which is under the control of the rebel and Islamic factions in the northeastern countryside of Aleppo, it turned out to be caused by IED explosions in 2 cars in the town, which caused material damage but no information about casualties until the moment.

The month of June 2018 witnessed several explosions in the northeastern countryside of Aleppo, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored on the 21st of June 2018 that an IED exploded in al-Jamal village south of Jarabulus city, and the Syrian Observatory published on the 15th of the same month that a violent explosion shook the area of Al-Soq Al-Qadeem near Martu Square, in Al-Bab city which is controlled by the Turkish forces and the factions of the “Euphrates Shield” Operation, in the north-eastern countryside of Aleppo, it was caused by the explosion of a booby trapped motorcycle in the area, which injured 11 persons at least including 3 children under the age of eighteen and a boy, with varying severity, and this explosion comes as a part of the renewed targeting to the north-eastern countryside of Aleppo by booby trapped vehicles, where a violent explosion rocked Jarabulus town –which is controlled by the rebel and Islamic factions– on Thursday afternoon, the 31st of May 2018, it turned out to be caused by a booby-trapped motorcycle explosion near the garage in the town, the explosion killed 4 people at least including a child, and a violent explosion shook Qabasin town which is under the control of the Turkish Forces and Syrian opposition factions operating in the “Olive Branch” operation, on the 29th of May 2018, caused by an explosion of a booby-trapped vehicle near al-Khansaa School and the town’s local council, and confirmed Information about wounded, and the Syrian Observatory published 3 days ago that a booby trapped motorbike exploded in Jarabulus town which is located near the Syrian – Turkish border, which caused material damage, while 8 days earlier, an explosion shook Jarabulus town in the northeastern countryside of Aleppo, the town is controlled by factions of the “Euphrates Shield”, it turned out that the explosion was caused by an IED explosion in a car in the town, which caused material damage but no information about casualties.