Senior Security Commander of Kurdish Militia Killed in Northern Syria

TEHRAN (defapress)- One of the key security commanders of Kurdish Asayesh Police was gunned down by unidentified attackers in Manbij region as tension and infighting is on rise among the US-backed militias in Northeastern Aleppo, a militant-affiliated news website reported on Friday.

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Date: 16 November 2018 - 16:48

Al-Baladi quoted local sources in Northeastern Aleppo as reporting that Hafal nom de guerre Bouzan, a security commander of PYD-affiliated Asayesh Police was killed after unknown attackers opened fire at him near the town on Ein al-Arab (Kobani) in Northeastern Aleppo.

It further said that the body of Bouzan was discovered along a road to the village of Dandoshan near the village of Sarin, adding that Asayehs kept forces on alert after the incident.

A growing wave of tensions and infighting has covered the Kurdish front as Turkish troops are about to launch an assault on the Eastern bank of the Euphrates River.

The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on Sunday that the Ankara-backed forces known as the Euphrates Shield opened heavy machinegun fire at the village of al-Hamran Northwest of the town of Manbij.

It further said that the Ankara forces targeted the positions of the Syrian Democratic Forces and farms in the region.

In the meantime, the US-led coalition fighter jets conducted round the clock flights over Manbij.

The attacks were carried out regardless of an agreement between the US and Turkish forces to carry out joint patrols along a buffer zone separating the Euphrates Shield forces from the Manbij Military Council forces.

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