Three civilians were killed yesterday in a booby trapped bus in the northern Syrian city of Afrin, coinciding with a year after the attack by Turkey and its pro-Kurdish factions on the Kurdish-dominated region, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Explosion since.
The Syrian Observatory said that the explosion of Afrin was caused by an explosive device in a bus in the center of the city, and also resulted in the injury of nine people, including civilians and fighters.
Since March, Turkish forces have been in control of the Kurdish-majority Afrin region of Aleppo after a major offensive against Kurdish militants on January 20, 2018. The offensive has displaced tens of thousands of people.
Another explosion occurred yesterday morning in the Syrian capital Damascus, according to official Syrian media, which pointed to the arrest of the terrorist in charge, in a rare incident in the Syrian capital, which is relatively safe.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights killed and wounded, without being able to determine the outcome, pointing out that the explosion occurred near a security branch in southern Damascus, and was followed by heavy exchange of fire.
The official Syrian news agency (SANA) quoted a military source as saying that the air defenses responded to an Israeli aggression targeting the south of the country, and announced the Russian military control center that the Israeli air attack, which was confronted by the Syrian army targeted an airport in southeastern Damascus, His iron dome system shot down a missile fired at the northern part of the Golan Heights on the Syrian border.
On the other hand, a Syrian Kurdish source revealed a very close round of negotiations between the Syrian Democratic Council and the Syrian State, to be held under the auspices of Russia within days in Damascus. The source confirmed that the self-administration in the north prepared a list of 10 items confirming the territorial integrity of Syria, Selfhood is part of a republican democratic system. It has representatives in parliament. In addition to the Syrian flag, there must be flags representing self-administrations, and diplomacy should be carried out in the autonomous regions without prejudice to the interests of the people and the constitution.
The items consider that the "Syrian Democratic Forces" are part of the Syrian army and are responsible for protecting the Syrian border. The internal security forces in the self-governing areas operate according to the local councils in a way that does not contradict the Syrian constitution.
Syrian defenses respond to an Israeli attack on an airport south-east of Damascus.