Blast hits Manbij, casualties reported

MANBIJ, SYRIA, 16 Jan. - (ANA) - According to Al Jazeera, at least 6 people were killed and 19 more wounded in an explosion that occurred near a patrol by the international coalition in the city of Manbij.

The city of Manbij in the northern province of Aleppo has switched hands three times since the civil war began in 2011. With US troops leaving and Turkey concentrating forces at the border, the US-backed Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), which controls the area now, has invited Syrian government forces to the city. -(ANA) -

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