Popular Uprising Forces SDF Militants to Leave Manbij

Tensions have heightened between civilians and the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces in Northern Syria, local sources said, adding that residents of Manbij have forced a group of SDF militants to leave the region.The sources in Northeastern Aleppo reported on Saturday that the SDF forces detained over 30 people in the village of Seidaliyeh in Southeastern Manbij.

News ID: 71996

Date: 25 August 2018 - 19:00

TEHRAN (Defapress)- They added that the detention was done after the residents of the village attacked a patrolling vehicle of the SDF commanders, seized their weapons and ammunition and forced them to leave the region.

Meantime, clashes between the residents of the village of al-Sayadah near Manbij and the SDF forces late last month had injured a number of people from both sides.

In a relevant development earlier this month, two more attacks on the SDF by unidentified raiders were reported in the town of Manbij in Northeastern Aleppo.

A number of the SDF members, including a commander, were injured after a bomb planted in their vehicle of Manbij Military Council went off near al-Jazeera square in the town of Manbij.

They further said that another bomb went off on the way of the SDF militias near the Power Company in Manbij, injuring several gunmen.

In the meantime, the SDF threatened in a statement that the youth would be arrested and fined unless they join the SDF voluntarily.

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