A car bomb has exploded in the city of Afrin in the north of Syria, local sources report.
Kurdish sources said the the explosion took place near the opposition fighting group, Ahrar al-Sharqiya, without confirming any casualties.
انفجارعبوتين ناسفتين بسيارة تابعة بمايسمى شرطة العسكرية التابعة للاحتلال التركي بجانب مركزالثقافي بعفرين
— رامان عفرين (@Rup1JKwk29kn2xX) January 23, 2019
Two explosive devices exploded in a car of the so-called Military Police of the Turkish occupation next to the Cultural Center in Afrin city. #afrin_activists_network pic.twitter.com/ULohU3cRuH
Afrin is under the control of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) backed by the Turkish military. Earlier, it was controlled by PKK-affiliated SDF/YPG militias.
A FSA-Turkish operation, Olive Branch Operation, was launched in 2017, driving out and neutralizing the Kurdish militias in 2018.
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