IED explosion in Syria’s Afrin injures local official
ALEPPO NORTHERN COUNTRYSIDE, Syria (North Press) – On Sunday, a child was killed and his father was wounded in an IED explosion inside his car in Afrin region, north of Aleppo, northern Syria.
Head of the local council of Rajo district, north of Afrin, Khalil Haj Oso, was seriously injured and his 15-year-old child was killed, as an IED exploded inside his car in front of his house in Rajo, a local source told North Press.
The source added that Haj Oso was transferred to the military hospital in the city of Afrin, while the military police in the district announced an alert state and a closure of the roads after the incident.
The city of Afrin and its villages, north of Aleppo, have been controlled by Turkish forces and the affiliated factions since March 2018.
Since then, the region has been witnessing ongoing security chaos accompanied by infighting among militants of the Turkish-backed factions, arrests, and kidnappings amid the factions’ disability to settle the security and spread safety.