{"id":103584,"date":"2023-08-30T06:52:39","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T06:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=103584"},"modified":"2023-08-30T06:52:41","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T06:52:41","slug":"grenade-blast-wounds-five-people-in-syrias-afrin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/103584\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Grenade blast wounds five people in Syria&#8217;s Afrin<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>AFRIN, Syria (North Press) \u2013<\/strong> An explosion caused by a grenade injured five people on Tuesday evening in the city of Afrin, northwest Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A few children found a grenade and brought it home, where it exploded, a local source told North Press. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Afrin has been under the occupation of Turkey and the Turkish-backed armed opposition factions, aka the Syrian National Army (SNA), since 2018 following a military operation dubbed \u201cOlive Branch\u201d against the Kurdish People\u2019s Protection Units (YPG) under the pretext of preserving &#8220;Turkey\u2019s national security.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The operation caused the displacement of about 300,000 of the original inhabitants of the Kurds of Afrin who have been taking shelter in 42 villages and five camps in Aleppo northern countryside, locally known as Shahba region, since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The source said the explosion led to the injury of five people including a woman and a child. They sustained mild injuries and were hospitalized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Remnants of war kill and wound hundreds of people in various areas in Syria, especially areas that witnessed major fighting and controlled by multiple factions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>By Mo&#8217;ayed al-Sheikh<\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AFRIN, Syria (North Press) \u2013 An explosion caused by a grenade injured five people on Tuesday evening in the city of Afrin, northwest Syria. 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