Five civilians including three children, as well as three Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters, were killed in two separate explosions in northern Syria on Sunday.
The first explosion took place in Manbij (Minbîc), a city east of Aleppo under the control of the Kurdish-led autonomous administration, while the second occurred in Ghandoura, a town closer to Turkey held by Turkish forces and their allied armed groups since 2016.
Following the Manbij explosion, which targeted a vehicle belonging to the Manbij Military Council attached to the SDF, the military council issued a statement confirming that one of its founding members, Heysem Mihemed Eto (Abu Deham), was among the three fighters who fell victim to the attack. Another SDF fighter sustained injuries in the incident.
In Ghandoura, a car bomb detonated near a car maintenance workshop, claiming the lives of five civilians, including three children. At least ten others were wounded, according to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR).
The MMC has not attributed blame to any specific party regarding the attack in its statement and there was no claim of responsibility for the attacks at the time of reporting.
It is worth noting that the explosion in Ghandoura occurred within Turkish-controlled areas but in close proximity to the frontline with SDF military units to the west of the town.
