{"id":104456,"date":"2023-09-12T08:59:03","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T08:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=104456"},"modified":"2023-09-12T08:59:05","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T08:59:05","slug":"car-blast-in-syrias-afrin-leaves-casualties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/104456\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Car blast in Syria&#8217;s Afrin leaves casualties<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>AFRIN, Syria (North Press) \u2013<\/strong> On Tuesday morning, an IED exploded in the car of a leader of a Turkish-backed local council in the city of Afrin in northwestern Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The IED was planted in the car of the so-called Abu Ammar, who is in charge of the Security Department of the Local Council in al-Zaydiyah neighborhood in the city of Afrin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The explosion resulted in the killing of Abu Ammar and the injury of two militants of his companions, according to Afrin News Website. 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