IED wounds Turkish-backed SNA militant in Syria’s Azaz
ALEPPO NORTHERN COUNTRYSIDE, Syria (North Press) – On Thursday, a militant of a faction affiliated with the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) was wounded in an IED explosion that was placed in his military vehicle in the city of Azaz, in the northern countryside of Aleppo.
Ahmed Maho, a member of a Turkish-backed faction affiliated with SNA, was lightly wounded when an IED was placed in a vehicle belonging to the SNA exploded near Khaled Ibn al-Walid Mosque in Azaz, north of Aleppo, an exclusive source told North Press.
Maho was transferred to the National Hospital in the city amidst mobilization by the military police in the site of the explosion, the source added.
Since July 2012, Azaz and the surrounding villages have been controlled by the Turkish-backed armed factions, and they include security services such as the Military Police, the Civil Police, the State Security and Drug Control, some of which belong to the factions and others to the Turkish forces.
The city, that is home for about 250,000 people, includes about six military headquarters belonging to the Northern Storm Brigade faction and the Military and Civil Police.